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Battle of the Rochester's

The University of Rochester last week sued Rochester University for alleged trade mark infringement following the latter’s recent name change. Rochester University, based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, previously operated under the name Rochester College before announcing the transition to its current name in 2018. Rochester University is accused of damaging the University of Rochester’s brand […]

From car boot to court room

A Blackpool based business woman has been given a 4-month home detention curfew for selling illegal counterfeit goods. Aiva Sarapnicka was regularly selling counterfeit goods branded Adidas, Prada, Calvin Klein and Alexander McQueen, amongst others, at a car boot sale in Thornton Cleveleys. That was until an officer working for Trading Standards visited Sarapnicka’s stall […]

Tune in to watch this play out

Social media platform, Twitter, is facing more legal troubles. The most recent for alleged copyright infringement. The claim has been filed by a group of 17 music publishers in a federal court in Tennessee this week. Part of the claim relates to the period of time in which Elon Musk has owned the company, but […]

LIV Golf back in the firing line

Argentine skateboard apparel brand Fallen has filed a federal trade mark infringement claim against the LIV Golf League and its HyFlyers GC team in the US. The HyFlyers team, captained by six-time major champion Phil Mickleson, are accused of copying Fallen’s logo which it has purportedly used on its popular clothing and footwear since 2003. […]

Is that Ye picture?

Ye (formerly Kanye West) is the subject of yet more legal proceedings, this time for alleged copyright infringement. Ye has been named alongside Instagram in legal proceedings related to a photo posted to his Instagram, allegedly without the copyright owner’s consent. Michaela Efford filed the claim in a California federal court last week over the […]

This Whiskey bottle is no longer a VIP Product

Back in November 2022 we reported on proceedings between Whiskey maker Jack Daniels and squeaky dog toy maker, VIP Products over a squeaky dog toy in the shape of a Whiskey bottle and read “Old No.2 on Your Tennessee Carpet”. The matter was to be heard before the Supreme Court in March this year. This […]

Victory for Batman

DC Comics was today victorious in its trade mark dispute with Italian clothing retailer Commerciale Italiana Srl following a ruling from the General Court, a constituent court of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The dispute related to the famous Batman logo, an EU trade mark owned by DC Comics. Commerciale Italiana Srl […]

Trump refuses "too small" trade mark

An individual from the US, namely Steve Elster, has tried to register a trade mark at the United States Patent & Trade Mark Office for the phrase “Trump too small”. The applied for mark is a reference to what his 2016 presidential rival, Marco Rubio said about Donald Trump during the campaign. Elster wants to […]

Nordstrom accused of selling counterfeit goods

California based outdoor fashion company, Patagonia Inc. (“Patagonia”) has issued proceedings against Seattle based luxury department store Nordstrom, Inc. (“Nordstrom”) in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Patagonia has filed the claim on the basis Nordstrom are committing both copyright and trade mark infringement over sales of “counterfeit” Patagonia products. The […]

Jail time for illegal streaming cartel

Members of an illegal streaming group, which made upwards of £7 million by offering cheap subscriptions to watch Premier League matches, have been sentenced to a total of more than 30 years in prison. The illegal services – Flawless, Shared VPS and Optimal – also offered access to hundreds of channels from around the world […]

Google to pay hefty sum over patent infringement

Google has been ordered to pay $32.5 million in damages to Sonos for infringing the company’s patent relating to smart speakers. A San Francisco federal jury decided on Friday that Google had infringed one of Sonos’ patents in its wireless audio devices. The jury ruled that Google infringed one of Sonos’ two patents raised at […]

Whisky Business

The stars of Scottish sitcom Still Game have emerged victorious in their trade mark dispute against liquor heavyweight Jack Daniel’s. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who both wrote and starred in the hit series, launched their own blended Scotch whisky ‘Jack & Victor’ in 2021 in honour of their much beloved on-screen personas. The duo […]

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