By Ross Todd | December 17, 2018
Williams-Sonoma claims that Amazon.com has set up an "unauthorized" store using its famous housewares name and that the online retail giant engaged in a "systemic campaign" of copying patented designs for its West Elm-brand furniture.
By Jenna Greene | December 12, 2018
Because nothing scares a motorcycle gang like trademark infringement.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Morgan Ben-David | December 12, 2018
During the past several years, joint employer liability has been a hot-topic affecting franchisors and franchisees alike, due to the lack of clarity surrounding when two or more businesses may be deemed joint employers.
By Scott Graham | December 7, 2018
Quinn New York partners Robert Raskopf, Todd Anten and Julia Beskin are on the complaint., which says the Federation has “threatened to hijack the foundation's trademarks for its own use—likely in an effort to capitalize on lucrative business opportunities when the United States hosts the World Cup in 2026."
By Scott Graham | December 6, 2018
A nonprofit that promotes youth soccer says it's spent millions developing the 'U.S. Soccer Foundation' mark, only to be accused of trademark infringement now by U.S. soccer's governing body.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Richard Bec | December 5, 2018
Beyoncé, the mononymous pop music icon, has been involved in a trademark lawsuit that illustrates the evolving nature of dilution law in trademark litigation.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence E. Ashery | December 4, 2018
Since their respective beginnings, the Boy Scouts (of America) limited their membership to boys and the Girl Scouts (of the United States of America) limited their membership to girls.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Rob Maier | November 27, 2018
In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Rob Maier writes: Last month, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a 2016 decision by the ITC that had found invalid a Converse trademark registration for the classic midsoles. The court thereby breathed new life into Converse's effort to halt the respondents' importation into the United States of footwear that allegedly infringes Converse's trademark.
By Scott Graham | November 26, 2018
The late conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and her sons had tried to block a nephew from registering The St. Louis Brewery's Schlafly beer with the PTO.
By Scott Graham | November 21, 2018
A Los Angeles jury finds infringement and awards $5 million in punitives but nothing in compensatory damages, opening the door to a big fight over an injunction.
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