Trademark Infringement

'Whitney Houston Og' Weed Pulled From Pot Store Shelves

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Marijuana, Trademark, 420, 45 Cap Elite Herbal Center, Medical Marijuana, Whitney Houston Og, Los Angeles, Trademark Infringement, Weed, Video, Whitney Houston, Lil Kim Chi, Whitney Houston Marijuana, Small Business News and Trends, Lil Kim, Right of Publicity, Charlie Sheen Og, Small Business News

Remember Linsanity marijuana? Now there's a brand for Whitney Houston -- and one attorney says the sellers are guilty of bad taste and violating the d...

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Busted! Lawyers Go After Linsanity Weed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Knicks, Jeremy Lin Linsanity, Marijuana, Linsanity Marijuana, Jeremy Lin Marijuana, Trademarks, Medical Marijuana, Jeremy Lin, Licensing, New York Knicks, Trademark Infringement, Knicks, Jeremy Lin Weed, Business News

Warning to marijuana shops selling Linsanity weed: Your buzzkill has arrived. Jeremy Lin's legal team has sent a flurry of cease-and-desist letters...

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Navajo To Urban Outfitters: Stop Ripping Off Our Name

AP | FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Branding, Video, Navajo Nation, Navajo, Urban Outfitters, Trademark Infringement, Hipster Clothing, Business News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation has sued Urban Outfitters Inc. months after the tribe sent a cease and desist letter to the clothing retailer de...

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Looks Like A Go For Michael Jordan Lawsuit, After All

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Sports, National Basketball Association, Michael Jordan, Trademarks, Business News, Sports Business News, Licensing, Basketball, Trademark Infringement, Lawsuit, China, Nba, Business News

Michael Jordan has found a Chinese court that will play ball with his trademark lawsuit, after all. The NBA hall of famer says his suit against Ch...

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Jeremy Lin Applies For Linsanity Trademark

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Knicks, National Basketball Association, Jeremy Lin Trademark, Trademarks, Websites, Jeremy Lin, Basketball, Trademark Infringement, Nba, Business News

Jeremy Lin is going on offense to protect Linsanity. The Knicks sensation this week applied for trademark rights to Linsanity, The Huffington Post ...

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Sports Artists Battling Big Money, Trademark Lawsuits (and Winning!)

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: University of Alabama, New York Racing Association, Crimson Tide, Tiger Woods, Daniel Moore, New York Times, Trademark Infringement, Rick Rush, Jenness Cortez, Arts News

Artists are open to all sorts of renown (commercial success, succès de scandale, their art and faces in books and magazines, their names known far an...

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Is Palin's Bus Tour Guilty of Trademark Infringement?

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Andrea Mitchell, Our Country Deserves Better, Rolling Thunder, Sarah Palin, Afl-Cio, National Council of La Raza, Tim Crawford, One Nation, Tea Party Express, Sarahpac, Sierra Club, Trademark Infringement, Naacp, One Nation Working Together, Kelly Eustis, Politics News

Sarah Palin's political action committee is using a trademarked name for her current bus tour, opening her up to major liabilities that could potentially cause her to lose her bus.

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Apple Sues Amazon Over App Store Trademark

bloomberg.com | Edvard Pettersson and Don Jeffrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apple Amazon, Apple, App Store Trademark, Apple Trademark, Apple Sues Amazon, App Store, Trademark Infringement, Amazon, Books News

Apple Inc. (AAPL) sued Amazon.com Inc., saying the online retailer is using Apple’s “App Store” trademark for a mobile-software developer progra...

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Lamebook SUES Facebook

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lamebook, Lamebook Sues Facebook, Facebook, Trademark Infringement, Lamebook vs Facebook, Technology News

Facebook parody blog Lamebook.com has filed suit against Facebook to fend off impending litigation from the social network. Lamebook, co-founded in ...

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Rachael Ray Lasers Delayed Indefinitely: An Update on the State of Cybersquatting

Randy Whattoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cybersquatting, Internet, Law, Icann, Trademark, Cyber Crime, Trademarks, Trademark Infringement, Arbitration, Business News

There are a number of ways that trademark owners deal with cybersquatters. Rachael Ray recently instituted an UDNRP arbitration proceeding against an Indian company that had registered www.rachelray.com (note the missing "a").

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The (99) Problems With Jay-Z's Trademark Lawsuit Against David Ortiz

Chad Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, Nightclubs, Trademarks, David Ortiz, Jay-Z, Celebrity, Trademark Infringement, Lawsuit, Entertainment News

In light of all the issues surrounding this case, the main question is this: of all Jay-Z's 99 problems, should Ortiz's nightclub in the Dominican Republic really be one?

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Branding "Intel"

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Street Crime Unit, Rudy Giuliani, NYPD Intelligence Division, Ray Kelly, Amadou Diallo, Chris Strom, Trademarks, Nypd, Stop and Frisk, New York Civil Liberties Union, Eliot Spitzer, Trademark Infringement, Intel, New York News

After retiring from the NYPD and 15 months in Iraq, "conducting human intelligence," Sgt. Chris Strom settled down in Virginia and opened Intel Investigations. Then he heard from Intel's lawyer.

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'Politico' Makes Obscure 'Tory Politico' Blog Famous By Suing It

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Lawsuits, College Politico, Tory Politico, La Politica, Trademark Infringement, Eat the Press, Media News

As a part of its ongoing effort to retain exclusive brand licensing rights to a word that's been a part of the English language since the early sevent...

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Never Stop Suing: The Case of the North Face v. Little Jimmy Winkelmann

Randy Whattoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Logos, Personal Injury, Trademark Infringement, North Face, Lawsuit, Business News

Early last month, outdoor apparel manufacturer the North Face sued college freshman Jimmy Winkelmann and his company, the South Butt, for selling a line of clothing that parodies that of the North Face.

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"Got MILF?" T-Shirt Makers Sued By "Got Milk?" Creators

Carlos Cagin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, A.g. Kawamura, Milk, Food and Agriculture, Tagline, Got Milk Tagline, Milf, California Milk Processor Board, Got Milk, Trademark Infringement, Deez Design, Got Milf, Video, Business News

Talk about a serious lack of sense of humor: The dairy producers behind the ubiquitous "Got Milk?" slogan are suing a small T-shirt company that switc...

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North Face Threatens Teen With Legal Action

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St Louis, South Face, South Butt, North Face, Trademark Infringement, Denver News

The popular outdoor apparel company North Face is threatening an 18-year-old Missouri college student with legal action for trademark infringement. L...

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