U.S. Courts News Reporter
IPNews® – Major League Baseball recently suffered a loss to the United States Patent a Trademark Office.
The league was attempting to trademark “Play Ball”. However, the trademark office has refused the application multiple times. To continue reading, click: MLB’s Effort to Trademark ‘Play Ball’ Strikes Out at USPTO
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IPNews® – Starbucks has joined the ranks of companies fighting their own unions.
The Starbucks union, called Starbucks Workers United, has been taking actions that Starbucks claims are infringing its trademark rights. As exhibit A Starbucks is alleging that consumers are being confused between it’s own social media and the union’s controversial social media posts. To continue reading, click: Starbucks Trademark Fight: Coffee Chain Targets Employee Union
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The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
In June, a unanimous Supreme Court threw out a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in a trademark dispute over a mock Jack Daniel’s bottle. The justices ruled that a satirical dog toy in the style of the famous whiskey bottle was not protected by … Read the rest