Is Taylor Swift’s Album Evenmore a Trademark Violation?
Is Taylor Swift’s Album Evenmore a Trademark Violation? There’s a song on Taylor Swift’s “Evermore“ album titled “Gold Rush.” This could be the theme song for the Utah Fantasy Theme Park, Evermore, which recently filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift alleging trademark infringement over her album titled “Evermore.” It’s almost as bizarre as a Fantasy Theme Park. As […]
Comic-Con & Trademark Attorney Fees
Comic-Con & Trademark Attorney Fees In yet another advance on trademark attorney fees in IP cases (see here and here). In San Diego Comic-Con v. Fan-X, the district court awarded San Diego Comic-con nearly $4,000,000 in attorney fees in a trademark case. To emphasize the poor performance the judge felt the attorneys muddled through “head in […]
Classic Trademark Cease And Desist Letters
Classic Trademark Cease And Desist Letters I enjoyed reading this letter when it came out in 2012. And I enjoyed recently reading it again. It reminded me of some other classic cease and desist letters. Netflix wrote one of the best, with a classic and appropriate “Stranger Things” theme. And here’s one about mustaches in the World Series. Yes, mustaches! There […]
Chocolates And Trademarks
Chocolates And Trademarks Chocolate and trademarks, does it get any better? Here’s an interesting read on why the KitKat shape could not be trademarked while the shape of the Toblerone was. The shape of the Ritter Sport (one of my personal favorites) has also been protected, as noted here. Here’s a quick read on some branding history of the Hershey […]
Trademark infringement of keywords in an online search
Trademark Infringement Of Keywords In An Online Search Most courts have found that the use of a trademarked keyword can’t be considered trademark infringement (here‘s a nice summary). Yet, according to this article, Edible Arrangements is claiming that search results for a trademarked keyword are likely to cause customer confusion Related Posts
