Articles Posted in Trademark Law

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of Vans, a popular manufacturer of skateboarding shoes and apparel, blocking sales of art collective MSCHF's Wavy Baby sneakers, a purported parody of Vans' Old Skool shoes.


The shoe company moved closer to trademarking "SNKRS," the name of its smartphone app, after a victory at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.


Skechers filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, against footwear retail company Steve Madden alleging that the company infringed on Skechers' "S" logo on Steve Madden's "Kennie" sneaker.


The famous Tennessee whiskey brand succeeded in reviving a lawsuit against humorous dog toys that allegedly infringed on its trademarks.


The online marketplace and the camera company allege that 29 accounts on the Amazon marketplace were selling counterfeit Canon products and thus infringing on Canon trademarks.


A Las Vegas law firm featured a Raiders defensive end in a commercial that aired during Super Bowl LVII, and a dispute has developed over whether it did enough to avoid trademark infringement.


On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, a jury in federal court returned a verdict in favor of Hermès International in its trademark lawsuit against the creator of the MetaBirkins NFTs. The jury found for Hermès on its claims of trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and cybersquatting related to Hermès' BIRKIN trademark.


Fashion label Marc Jacobs faces trademark infringement litigation over its Eye-Conic line of eye shadow palettes.


The definition of the word "beer" and whether it includes hard seltzers must be left up to a jury to decide, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a dispute between Modelo and its U.S. Corona beer distributor.


On Monday, November 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. The lawsuit seeks to clarify whether VIP's Jack Daniel's themed dog-toys are protected from trademark infringement claims due to VIP's First Amendment interest in using Jack Daniel's trademarks on the toys.