On April 9, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a large portion of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia’s ruling in Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc. Rosetta Stone sued Google for trademark infringement of certain key phrases. Google has an advertising program, AdWords, that allow third parties to buy certain [...]
In a precedential opinion, on February 27, 2012 the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sustained four oppositions filed by Research in Motion (RIM) against Defining Presence Marketing Group, Inc. (DPMG). Link to Case here. DPMG had filed four trademark applications, each for the mark CRACKBERRY. Three of the CRACKBERRY applications were filed in [...]
The Washington Post reports that the Navajo Nation (the Tribe) has sued Urban Oufitters for trademark infringement in the US District Court in New Mexico. The Tribe owns approximately 10 registered US Trademarks that include the term Navajo for clothing, footwear, online retail sales, household products and textiles. Last year Urban Outfitters launched a line [...]
The North Face Apparel Company has sued the South Butt LLC for trademark infringement in Missouri. This links to the complaint. South Butt will argue that its mark is a parody of the North Face, while North Face is alleging multiple claims against South Butt including trademark infringement/likelihood of confusion, dilution, misrepresentation, inducement to infringe, [...]
