2014 Branding False Advertising Trademark 
Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The year saw many trademark stories in the news as backlogs continued at the USPTO even while application filing numbers dropped from their all time highs during the two previous years. Here are the biggest trademark stories of 2022 that we have been following at EMP&A. Celebrity trademark messes. Queen of Christmas.
43(B)log
JULY 3, 2023
27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. Latinfood U.S.
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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JANUARY 5, 2022
magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 and his B.S., Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JULY 25, 2021
Aliign “is an event, lifestyle, and apparel company” allegedly with a first trademark use in 2011. Since 2014, they have sold a total of 7 units of apparel (5 of which were bought by the CEO’s friends). Aliign sued lululemon for trademark infringement. Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying?
43(B)log
MAY 22, 2023
May 19, 2023) Whereas the timeshare false advertising cases might be making law largely applicable to other timeshare cases, what’s going on in the strip club advertising cases might have somewhat broader implications. The district court concluded that plaintiffs’ false endorsement claims were foreclosed by Electra v.
43(B)log
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Grimaldi grounds, the district court’s grant of summary judgment to MTV on the resulting trademark claims. Chesney also performed on the Lounge’s beachfront stage at a 2014 concert broadcast as “Kenny Chesney: Live at the Flora-Bama” on Country Music Television (CMT), a Viacom channel. The court of appeals affirms, on Rogers v.
43(B)log
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Most of Illinois Tool’s trademark-related claims were time-barred by the statute of limitations and laches. But genuine fact issues remained on whether J-B Weld’s advertising of “Made in USA” was false and whether Illinois Tool had standing. Illinois Tool has long sold threadlockers under the trademark “Permatex.”
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