Playing Chicken: Tesla Goes After Small Chicken Business for Trademark Infringement
Large companies and brands are going to greater lengths than ever before to expand their holdings and protect the ones they’ve already locked down. From Disney to Mariah Carey to Starbucks, the list of megabrands...
The Emperor Has No–Shoes? Trump’s New Sneakers Could Get Him In More Legal Trouble
Donald Trump made waves at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia this week by unveiling his latest business venture: sneakers. The gold-uppered, red-soled shoes, emblazoned with a bold embossed “T” at the tongue and on the upper,...
“Holdovers” or Leftovers? Plagiarism Accusation Rocks Oscars
On the eve of Hollywood’s biggest evening, veteran screenwriter Simon Stephenson went public with a shocking accusation: the script for “The Holdovers,”the Paul Giamatti vehicle up for a stunning five Academy Awards, had been plagiarized...
Toy Company To Police Department: Lego My Face!
On March 19th, 2024, Lego, the building toy giant, reached out to the police department of Murietta, California with an unusual complaint: that the department’s use of Lego faces to obscure the faces of suspects...
Are Donald Trump’s Red Soled Sneakers A Lawsuit In The Making? – Wbz Radio News
https://youtu.be/qwztvfvOJX4?si=MhpF8T0gCN-961n2 0:00 President Donald Trump, 0:02 who, as you know, lost the case in New York and now reportedly owes the state of New York $355 million. I thought I had a bag. 0:14 But...
Daryl Hall Tells John Oates “No Can Do,” Sue’s to Block IP Sale
Legendary pop/soul/rock pioneers Hall & Oates have had several groups’ worth of ups and downs as they evolved from a scrappy Philadelphia startup band to the top-selling musical duo in history. From repeated rounds of...
Apple Responds to ITC Ban by Pulling Smart Watches at Christmas
Apple has long been the measure against which all other tech companies are assessed, with an estimated market valuation of over $3 trillion. But now, at the peak of the global holiday season, the tech...
5 Times Attorneys Sued Attorneys Over Trademark Infringement – and How You Can Avoid It for Your Firm
A common question that laypeople ask about attorneys is, “Who sues lawyers?”. This question betrays a common misunderstanding about how the legal profession and indeed the legal system as a whole work. Lawyers are people,...
Pics with the Grinch Lead to (Legal) Coal in Photographers’ Stockings
Since Dr. Seuss (aka Theodore Geisel) first penned How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 1957, the green meanie with a hatred for holidays and Whos alike has become one of the most iconic antiheroes of...
Clowning Around? “Florida Joker” Sues Rockstar Games Over Alleged Use of Likeness
The much-anticipated sixth outing in the Grand Theft Auto (hereinafter GTA) video game series has already attracted more than its fair share of controversy. Now, Lawrence Sullivan, better known to the public as the “Florida...
Technical Foul: NFL Throws Flag On New (Old) Houston Cougars Uniform
When the University of Houston Cougars debuted their new powder blue uniforms with red and white trim for the 2023-2024 football season on September 2nd, 2023, they were thinking about heritage, history, homage, and lineage....
New AI User Defense Pledges Arise on the Back of Copyright Infringement Claims
After companies like Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Tesla, and Github invested an estimated $92 billion in AI R&D in 2022 alone (think a number somewhere between the GDP of Bulgaria and Guatemala to put this in...
