A small business created by two Orange County brothers is taking on a multibillion-dollar global company, because that company wants the local business to change its name. On Your Side’s Kristine Lazar has the details of this trademark dispute.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Daniel’s in a dispute over a humorous squeaky dog toy called “Bad Spaniels.” The Court remanded the case to the Ninth Circuit to reconsider the trademark infringement and dilution claims, holding that because VIP Products used “Bad Spaniels” as a trademark: (1) the Rogers test for artistic works (discussed below) does not apply; and (2) the noncommercial use exclusion – that exempts parody from dilution – also does not apply.
During Apple’s recent WWDC23 developer conference, the tech giant officially unveiled its highly anticipated spatial computing headset, the “Vision Pro.” Integrating both virtual reality and augmented reality features, the innovative device is set to make its debut in the United States early next year. However, Apple might encounter an unexpected hurdle in the Chinese market due to a prior trademark registration by Huawei.
US Supreme Court will hear a free speech appeal on trademark “Trump Too Small”
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider whether a California attorney has a free-speech right to trademark the phrase “Trump Too Small” for use on T-shirts that mock the former president and build on locker-room taunts from the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
A man wants to trademark ‘Trump too small’ for T-shirts. Supreme Court to hear case, 2:56
A man wants to trademark ‘Trump too small’ for T-shirts. Supreme Court to hear case
(2023.6.16追記)
The Supreme Court agreed to review the US Patent & Trademark Office’s (PTO) challenge to a February 2022 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In the ruling at issue, th