In a presidential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) held that Black Card, LLC can register FOLLOW THE LEADER because the phrase operates as a source identifier and not as an unregistrable common phrase.
Black Card applied to
Trader Joe’s Grocery Store Chain Sues Trader Joe Crypto Trading Platform
Trader Joe’s Co. (“Trader Joe’s”), the popular grocery store chain, recently filed suit against crypto trading platform Trader Joe (“Trader Joe”) and its developers for allegedly violating its rights in the TRADER JOE’S trademark.
Trader Joe’s owns numerous federal trademark
Whirlpool Wins Appeal Against Chinese Manufacturer in KITCHENAID Trademark Lawsuit
The Fifth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction last week prohibiting Chinese company Shenzhen Sanlida Electrical Technology Co. Ltd. and Shenzhen Sanlida Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. (collectively “Shenzhen”) from selling stand mixers that allegedly infringe Whirlpool Corp.’s (“Whirlpool”) famous KITCHENAID trademarks
“Taste the Strain Bro”: Wrigley Settles SKITTLES Trademark Dispute with Cannabis Company
** This article was drafted by Logan Woodward, a Summer Associate in NRF’s Minneapolis Office. Logan is supervised by attorneys who are licensed in the State of Texas.
After a two-year feud, Mars Wrigley (“Wrigley”), the maker of the popular
The New York Times Company Secures Registration of Six Column Names, Including LIKE A BOSS and THE NEW OLD AGE
In a precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) reversed six refusals to register The New York Times Company’s (the “Times”) names of its newspaper columns, THE NEW OLD AGE, A GOOD APPETITE, HUNGRY CITY, WORK FRIEND
Three Year Battle Ends with Lizzo Securing Registration for 100% THAT BITCH Mark
In a precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) reversed two refusals to register Grammy-winning singer Lizzo’s 100% THAT BITCH trademarks.
Lizzo’s company, Lizzo LLC, applied for two word trademarks in June 2019 for 100% THAT BITCH
USPTO Adds 75 Climate and Green-Tech Terms to Trademark ID Manual
Earlier this month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it is adding new climate and green tech-related terms to the Trademark ID Manual.
The USPTO has already added 75 terms that include biomethane, research and development
Modern collegiate trademark and licensing regime may face increased enforcement challenges
In The Pennsylvania State University v. Vintage Brand, LLC, 2022 U.S.P.Q.2d 653 (M.D. Pa. 2022 The Pennsylvania State University (“Penn State”) sued Vintage Brand, LLC (“Vintage”), an online retailer of screen-printed goods featuring logos and images, for violations of
TTAB prohibits the County of Orange from registering unofficial seal and badge designs
TTAB rules RANCHERO and EL RANCHERO marks confusingly similar
In a non-precedential decision, the TTAB held that use of the word and stylized mark EL RANCHERO for “food products made of corn, namely, corn chips, tortillas and tostadas” were confusingly similar to the word and design marks RANCHERO for