IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Pet supply and service provider Chewy Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a former executive of lifting company trade secrets before moving to a rival, in violation of federal law and a confidentiality agreement he signed as a condition of his employment.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 23, 2021

A New York federal judge has determined that two IBM advertising patents that the company has accused Chewy Inc. of infringing are not abstract under Alice while two more are, but said it was too soon to rule on the pet supplier's motion to dismiss the latter two patents from the suit.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the trademark dispute between Jack Daniels Properties Inc., In 2007, the Court wrestled with Haute Diggity Dog’s purse-shaped dog toys bearing the name “Chewy Vuiton,” mimicking high-fashion Louis Vuitton. In March, the U.S. 2, on your Tennessee Carpet.”

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc.’s Jack Daniel’s petition argues that the Ninth Circuit’s “ egregiously wrong ” decision “unjustifiably transforms humor into a get-out-of-the-Lanham-Act-free card” allowing for companies similar to VIP Products to tarnish trademarks and create mass marketplace confusion. Will it bite?

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Louis Vuitton began the company in 1854 as a luggage manufacturer, but it was his son who developed the brand’s renowned monogram, the interlocking L and V in a floral pattern, in 1896. IP rights are legal tools that a company can use to protect its innovation and creativity. For example, Louis Vuitton sued i-Fe clothing Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. Now, as a practical matter, parodies won’t confuse when differences in marks, markets, or message, typically ridicule, signal that the brand company didn’t make the joke. VIP Products LLC.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. Now, as a practical matter, parodies won’t confuse when differences in marks, markets, or message, typically ridicule, signal that the brand company didn’t make the joke. VIP Products LLC.

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Branding Brands Branding Trademark 52