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 US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has extended the deadline to file to have a trademark registration exhibited in the 2010 National Trademark Expo until August 16, 2010. The Expo will include themed displays, exhibitors’ booths, costumed characters and much more. Exhibit themes may include, but are not limited to, celebrity trademarks, trademarks identifying [...]
