According to a report in Variety, ExxonMobil has filed suit against Fox’s FXX Network claiming the network’s interlocking X logo infringes upon Exxon’s logo. The lawsuit was filed October 1 in the U.S. District Court in Houston. Exxon filed the suit only after it contacted the network and asked it to take down and discontinue
According to The Oklahoman, Hallmark is in a trademark standoff with an Oklahoma City retailer over the use of the name “North Pole City.” The greeting card behemoth had a trademark infringement suit filed against it on September 9 by North Pole City, an Oklahoma City seasonal store that deals in Christmas ornaments and other holiday collectibles.
Converse has accused Autonomie Project of infringing on its iconic-Chuck Taylor All Stars by producing similarly designed eco-friendly sneakers. Boston Magazine has obtained a complaint filed by North Andover-based Converse in the U.S. District Court in Boston on September 9 against the Jamaica Plain-based Autonomie Project for trademark infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, unfair business
T-Mobile is alleging trademark infringement by Aio Wireless for using a shade of magenta too similar to its own, according to Forbes. A subsidiary of AT&T, Aio is a low-cost, pre-paid mobile phone service that is new to the market. “With full knowledge of T-Mobile’s use of magenta, AT&T’s subsidiary chose – out of all the colors
Current and former members of iconic punk band Black Flag are facing off over allegations of trademark infringement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Claiming him and his label, SST Records, own the rights to the Black Flag name and uneven bars logo, Greg Ginn, the founding guitarist of the Hermosa Beach punk group, is suing his
Beverly Hills wine marketer TI Beverage Group Ltd. is suing Terra Firma USA Inc., a wine distributor based in St. Louis, according to Wine-Searcher.com. TI markets wines, such as “Vampire,” “Dracula,” “Chateau Du Vampire” and “True Blood” under the Vampire Vineyards label. Since 2010, Terra Firma has been selling a wine labeled “Dracula’s Bloodlust,” which
Flowboard is seeking a “declaratory judgment of non-infringement of trademark rights” after Flipboard accused it of trademark infringement, according to GeekWire. Shortly after Flowboard, a Seattle-based startup that makes an iPad storytelling app, launched in April, representatives for Flipboard, a popular San Francisco-based digital social magazine, began contacting Flowboard accusing it of trademark infringement. “We tried
According to CBSSports.com, Johnny Manziel, the reigning Heisman winner, may have a trademark infringement dispute to thank for his current troubles with the NCAA. Back in January, eBay doled out two-week suspensions to anyone selling memorabilia that referenced Manziel’s nickname “Johnny Football” or that used the nickname in the description of memorabilia they were selling, even if
On June 19, the court in Bochum, Germany ruled in favor of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in a trademark infringement lawsuit, according to Yahoo! Finance. The lawsuit involved the unauthorized use of the world famous Hollywood Sign and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which are both the Chamber’s licensed trademark properties, by Mensing department store in
After losing a trademark infringement lawsuit, Microsoft will have to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service, according to PCWorld. In 2011, U.K. broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) alleged that SkyDrive was infringing upon the “Sky” portion of its name in a lawsuit filed on its behalf in the English High Court. Microsoft was unable to defend the
