News & Analysis as of August 21, 2025

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From Radio Stunt to Licensing Asset: What Wing Bowl Teaches Us About Trademark Value

Volpe Koenig on 7/9/2025

What’s in a name? For Philadelphians (and young men of a particular era) “Wing Bowl” conjures up zany images from the 1993-2018 annual early morning chicken wing eating competition including scantily clad women, radio...more

Uber’s Opposition Fails the Grade in Tutors Trade Mark Dispute

International Lawyers Network on 6/30/2025

The Australian Trade Marks Office has permitted the registration of the trade mark UBER TUTORS after finding that transport and delivery giant, Uber Technologies Inc (Uber Tech) failed to oppose the mark’s registration under...more

Is Vintage Brand's Use of Penn State-Related Images Likely to Confuse Consumers as to Their Source? That Is the Central Question...

Venable LLP on 11/20/2024

This week, a Pennsylvania jury is hearing argument in a trial that will decide The Pennsylvania State University's trademark infringement claims against Vintage Brand, LLC, its affiliated company, and its owner. According to...more

Intellectual Property Rights in the Metaverse: Hèrmes v. Rothschild and the MetaBirkins Saga

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 2/3/2022

Intellectual property rights can get muddled in the “real world” and with the advent of virtual worlds, such as the Metaverse, this will only further complicate matters for brand owners who will now have to monitor and...more

First a Meme, Then a Cryptocurrency, and Now an $80 Billion Brand? Dogecoin Continues Its Rollercoaster Journey into the USPTO.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/5/2021

What first started as a meme featuring a fluffy dog with poor grammar has now resulted in a trademark fight over the ownership of an estimated $80 billion brand. If the progression of this Internet sensation has left your...more

Amazon Wins Ruling on Results for Searches on Brands It Doesn’t Sell

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/26/2015

On October 21, 2015, the Ninth Circuit ruled that online retailer Amazon does not violate the Lanham Act when, in response to a search for a brand it doesn’t sell, it returns a results page that fails to disclose that fact...more

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