As the custom and bootleg market has continued to grow within the sneaker scene, Nike has responded by protecting its brand and IP via lawsuits against prominent parties ranging from Warren Lotas and John Geiger to BAPE and Kool Kiy. While the three aforementioned cases have all been settled, a new lawsuit has surfaced — one against The Shoe Surgeon. The suit demands $60M USD in damages — which, it notes, are “the profits the defendant generated from counterfeiting, trebled, along with attorneys’ fees” — relating to over 30 Nike trademarks.
A week after the release of her highly anticipated Rhode beauty brand, Hailey Bieber is being sued by L.A. fashion label Rhode over potential trademark infringement. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, the label founded in 2014 by Purna Khatau and Phoebe Vickers and carried by luxury retailers including Net-a-Porter,
Stockholm-headquartered Polar Music International, which owns a number of ABBA trademarks and service marks, is officially suing a UK-based tribute band called ABBA Mania for alleged “trademark counterfeiting and infringement, dilution, unfair competition, and cybersquatting. ”Polar Music, which says that it’s overseen ABBA’s music releases, tour promotion, and intellectual property “since the band’s founding,” just recently submitted the shocking lawsuit to a New York federal court. Spanning 24 pages, the verbose complaint lists as defendants UK companies Handshake and TAL Entertainment as well as individuals (also located in the UK) named James Stuart Littlewood and Todd Littlewood.
音楽用電子機器を販売するズーム（東京都千代田区）は9月17日、米Zoom Video Communications（ZVC）のWeb会議システム「Zoom」が同社の登録商標を侵害しているとして、日本でZoomを提供しているNEC子会社のNECネッツエスアイに対して侵害行為の差し止めを求める訴訟を、東京地方裁判所に提起したと発表した。損害賠償は請求せず「和解金などでの解決を排除する姿勢」を見せている。
米Zoom Video Communicationsの商標は出願中（商願2020-61572）で、拒絶理由が通知されており、特許庁には意見書も提出されています。意見書内では本件のズーム社の商標（登録第4940899号）とは類似していないとの主張があります。ズーム社にはもう１つ商標登録（第2445969号）がありますが、指定商品が９類では電子楽器用自動演奏プログラムを記憶させた電子回路及びＣＤ－ＲＯＭ，メトロノーム，レコード，蓄音機（電気蓄音機を除く）で、コンピュータソフトウェア（電子応用機械器具及びその部品）は含まれていません。
Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s new “Zapps” function for integrating third-party apps infringes Zapier Inc.’s trademarks covering similar services, according to a complaint filed Monday in San Francisco federal court.
On Monday in the Northern District of California, plaintiff Zapier, Inc. filed a complaint against Zoom Video Communications, Inc. for trademark infringement and unfair competition, alleging that Zoom is using the name “Zapp” for its third-party app integration within Zoom, infringing Zapier’s “Zap” third-party app integration business, which Zoom has previously partnered with to use within Zoom.
TOKYO (June 29, 2020) – Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) today announced that it secured a victory in its trademark and trade dress infringement*1 lawsuit
