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 [...]
Background A trademark can be many things — even sounds or smells. By definition, a trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, which identify and distinguishes the source of the goods or services of one party from those of others. It is obviously important to consider [...]
