Halloween arrived earlier this year in some parts of the United States. In August, 2013 BuySeasons Inc. applied for and received trademark approval for the term “Orange Tuesday”. Serial Number 86040635.
A Wisconsin-based company specializing in Halloween costumes and
With Hollywood churning out monster hits such as the “Walking Dead,” “Warm Bodies“ and “World War Z,” and UK’s “Shaun of the Dead” and “The World’s End,” zombies are in
The REA Group, a company that runs two of the largest real estate websites—http://www.realestate.com.au and http://www.realcommercial.com.au—in Australia has been successful in protecting its trade marks after a competitor began operating a similar business on the websites www.realestate1.com.au
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The English Court of Appeal has sided with Nestlé in the latest instalment of the on-going branding war between Cadbury and Nestlé over Cadbury’s attempts to register a shade of purple in relation to chocolate based products, on grounds of
Two changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) went into effect on October 16, 2013, imposing stricter requirements on mobile messaging and prerecorded telemarketing calls.
The TCPA (42 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq.), enacted in 1991, permits individuals to
Applying for trade mark registration can protect branding, names and ‘trade dress’ through trade mark protection—whether as registered or common law trade marks—for example, Christian Louboutin’s red sole for shoes, which is registered as
Nelle Harper Lee, 87, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the world-famous novel “To Kill A Mockingbird,” filed a federal lawsuit against the Monroe County Heritage Museum, alleging that the Museum has made willful and unauthorized use of the trademarks
The recent case of Ladakh Pty Limited v Quick Fashion Pty Limited raises a number of issues that commonly face Australian fashion businesses, particularly with respect to the risks inherent in engaging offshore manufacturers.
As 2013 Australian Fashion Week drew to an end this past April and the fashion media debated the new must-haves, the mistakes and what we’d all be wearing in the coming weeks and months, Australian consumers could expect to see
