Right on the heels of our surname blog comes a New York Times article on a long-running trademark litigation over rights to the Borghese surname. The Borgheses hail from an Italian noble family and their using the family...more
6/18/2013
There are many “myths” that float about in the general public about what can and cannot function as a trademark. For example, people often tell me that they “know” that “common words” can never be protected as trademarks....more
6/6/2013
- Surnames Trademarks
On May 8, a long time manufacturer of ceremonial paddles marketed to fraternities and sororities filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court seeking relief from an injunction barring him from using Greek...more
5/22/2013
- Infringement Injunctions Laches Trademarks
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the organization that oversees domain names worldwide. It recently began accepting new applications for expanding the number of generic top-level domains...more
5/17/2013
- Domain Names Generic gTLD ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse
On November 2, 2012, a federal jury in the Central District of California awarded Mixed Chicks LLC, a beauty supply company for mixed-race women, www.mixedchicks.net, $839,535 in actual damages and $7,275,000 in punitive...more
12/10/2012
- Willful Infringement
Ever since the US Supreme Court in MedImmune, Inc. v. Genetech, Inc., 549 U.S. 118, 127 S, Ct, 764, 166 L. Ed.604 (2007) threw out the “reasonable apprehension” test as defining the grounds for bringing a declaratory judgment...more
12/6/2012
- Declaratory Judgments Trademarks
Originally published in Law360 on December 03, 2012.
Every business has a name. An LLC and a corporation have names that have been approved and registered by, at least, one secretary of state’s office. For many...more
12/5/2012
- Trademarks
As we reported previously, Lululemon, an exercise apparel company, filed suit against Calvin Klein and its supplier G-III Apparel Group for infringement of three Lululemon design patents for yoga pants....more
11/27/2012
- Design Patent
