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Two men have been charged with running a counterfeit production and distribution operation in Queens, New York, and elsewhere in which blocks of high quality tickets to sought-after post-season football games – including the 2014 AFC championship...

A potentially big Canadian fashion law dispute caught our attention last week and we couldn’t wait to tell you all about it. Canada Goose is taking on Sears Canada over Sears’ sale of allegedly infringing jackets. Below is a summary of Canada...

An article in Thursday's Wall Street Journal reminded me of a point I’ve been trying to make for years but didn’t have a good hook to do so. Now that this idea is in print, I do, so here goes. The article concerns a group called Associazione...

When innovation meets the law, the results are often surprising. We in Seattle are confronting this as ride services like Lyft compete with a regulated taxi industry . Now consider Pirate Joe's , a business located in the upscale Kitsilano neighborhood...

On December 30, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed POM Wonderful a belated Christmas gift, and an unusual one at that. It reversed the denial of a preliminary injunction in a case it had brought against PUR Beverages, a d/b/a of Robert G. Hubbard...

A new line of women's footwear now being sold by Yves Saint-Laurent has high-end French shoe designer Christian Louboutin seeing red. Louboutin's companies, asserting that a new line of red Yves Saint-Laurent shoes violates their U.S. trademark...

Does use of the name "Blingville" by a small game developer from Harpers Ferry , West Virginia, infringe the trademark rights of Zynga, creator of FarmVille? Does Zynga have a monopoly on Facebook applications ending in "ville"? Blingville...

Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. (Midwestern) applied for a trademark on its dog treat product, WAGGIN' STRIPS. The Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Nestle), which holds the trademark on a similar dog treat, BEGGIN' STRIPS, challenged the application...

It is easy to forget that there is a North Carolina Trademark Registration Act. It is in Chapter 80 of the General Statutes . The Business Court's mandatory jurisdiction extends to cases brought under Chapter 80 per N.C. Gen. Stat. §7A-45...

On March 22nd, Amazon.com launched Appstore for Android, where it offers for sale and download games and other applications available for Android smart phones. Apple Inc., the maker of iPhones, iPod media players and iPad tablet computers, sued Amazon...

Famous NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt died in 2001, but litigation relating to his death continues to this day. In a case before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board), the former racing super star’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals properly found standing lacking in a trademark infringement case by virtue of a covenant not to sue, an attorney for Nike Inc. told the U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 7 ( Already LLC...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 29 declined to grant a petition for certiorari by Tiffany (NJ) Inc. in a case in which the high-end jeweler had accused online auction site eBay Inc. of trademark infringement ( Tiffany...

NEW ORLEANS – (AP) The New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl-winning season has led to a trademark dispute involving the team's unofficial 2009 motto and two manufacturers of athletic wear. In a suit filed in Chicago federal court, Finish ...

PORTLAND Ore. - (AP) Customers swore the credibility of G.I. Joe's name was the reason they shopped at the longtime sporting goods retailer and when it was changed, the reason they stopped. That name and the ideals and spirit it represented was at...