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Epic Game’s Loot Llama Refused Trademark
Epic Game’s Loot Llama Refused Trademark In re Epic Games, Inc. Image of Mark in App. No. 88/233,723 On May 26, 2021, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) affirmed the refusal…
Manchester United Alleges Trademark Infringement through Third-Party Mods to Football Manager
Manchester United Alleges Trademark Infringement through Third-Party Mods to Football Manager Manchester United Football Club Ltd. v. Sega Publishing Europe Ltd. and Sports Interactive Ltd. Claim number: IL-2018-000085 Filed August 2018 On…
Angry Birds Sues Chicken Restaurant Over Trademark Dispute
Angry Birds Sues Chicken Restaurant Over Trademark Dispute Rovio Entertainment Ltd. v. Mary Mkhitaryan d/b/a Angry Birdz Chicken United States District Court for the Central District of California Case Number 2:13-cv-05401 Filed…
The NCAA Blocks the Use of “March Madness” in Trademark Dispute
National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Kizzang LLC et al Case number 1:17-cv-00712 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Filed: March 8, 2017 (Editor’s Note: This is an old case,…
Riot Games Rioting Over Esports Team’s Trademark Infringement
Riot Games Rioting Over Esports Team’s Trademark Infringement Riot Games Inc. v. Riot Squad Esports LLC United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 2:19-cv-08626 Filed October 7,…
University Attempts to Trademark THE Most Common Word
University Attempts to Trademark THE Most Common Word In other news, The Ohio State University has recently filed a trademark application, No. 88571984, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on…
Indie Developers Change Game Name Over Bethesda Trademark Dispute
Indie Developers Change Game Name Over Bethesda Trademark Dispute On May 1st, 2017, No Matter Studios announced that they changed the name of their game “Prey for the Gods” to “Praey…
Supreme Court Upholds Scandalous Trademarks, Supports First Amendment
Supreme Court Upholds Scandalous Trademarks, Supports First Amendment Iancu v. Brunetti Supreme Court of the United States of America Case No. 18-302 Opinion June 24, 2019 On Monday, June 24, 2019, the…
Iron Maiden’s Trademark Test
Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. v. 3D Realms Entertainment ApS Complaint Filed May 28, 2019 United States District Court Central District of California On May 28, 2019, the band Iron Maiden, through their…
CERT ALERT: Supreme Court to revisit scandalous trademarks (Iancu v. Brunetti)
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the federal government can refuse to grant legal protection to a trademark because officials find it to be vulgar or lewd. Taking up a…
FaZe Clan Sued for Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition
On January 29, 2018, FaZe Clan, Inc. (“FaZe Clan”) , an online gaming team, was sued by FAZE Apparel, LLC (“FAZE Apparel”) for trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and unfair competition. …
Supreme Court Not A Fan Of Trademark Ban – A Reasoned Analysis of Matal v. Tam
SUPREME COURT NOT A FAN OF TRADEMARK BAN By R. Gregory Israelsen On Monday, June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court held in Matal v. Tam[i] that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act violates the…
Bungie “Eververse” Trademarks
Bungie, Inc., the developer of the popular Destiny video game, recently filed three trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The first trademark is for the name “Eververse” and was…
Minecraft Developer Mojang and Zenimax/Bethesda Settle Trademark Dispute
In March this year, Swedish Minecraft developer Mojang and Zenimax/Bethesda Softworks settled a lawsuit over the trademark “Scrolls.” Mojang had filed a trademark registration for this mark on May 17, 2011, intending…
Analysis of First Amendment Defense in Trademark Cases
A recent decision coming from the Southern District of New York raises important implications about the usage of trademarks without permission in artistic works. While this case concerns the usage of unauthorized…
Trademark Storm Brewing over iCloud
iCloud Communications LLC. v. Apple Inc. United States District Court, District of Arizona Case No. 11-cv-01158, Filed June 9, 2011 Case Update: May 2012 In September of 2011, iCloud Communications…
TTAB Affirms Disney’s Rights in “Pooh” Trademarks
Stephen Slesinger Inc. v. Disney Enterprises Inc. USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board No. 91179064, June 8, 2011 A panel of judges at the TTAB has ruled that a former licensee…
Patent/Trademark Search iPhone App
Banner & Witcoff’s IP LawyerTM is an iPhone application providing iPhone-customized full search access to patents* and trademarks issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as corresponding assignments.…
Video game trademark dispute brewing over OCTOMOM…
On April 10, 2009, Nadya Suleman, who became famous in January when she gave birth to octuplets, filed a pair of trademark applications at the USPTO. She wants to use the mark…
News: Trademark Registration for Second Life Avatar
Its not every day that we get to report TRADEMARK news, so this is a refreshing change from the norm. On Nov. 11, 2008, the United States Patent & Trademark Office granted…