558 ABA Journal Trademark Law articles.
A federal judge has sided with Pfizer in an unusual trademark dispute over its erectile disfunction drug Viagra, granting a permanent injunction banning a New York man from towing a…
Sep 10, 2009 4:57 PM CDT
Seeing a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company create an animated desk-lamp character on the silver screen that apparently was based on its own actual lamp design didn’t bother a…
Sep 8, 2009 11:24 PM CDT
Lawyers frequently have been accused of tarnishing the reputation of the legal profession by filing frivolous lawsuits (McDonald’s coffee, anyone?), so when a tour boat operator recently sued a competitor…
Sep 2, 2009 3:50 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled Paris Hilton may sue Hallmark for using her photograph and her trademarked catchphrase, “That’s hot.”
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Sep 1, 2009 12:23 PM CDT
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has backed down from an earlier claim that a blogger critical of the investment bank was violating its trademark.
After sending a cease-and-desist letter earlier this…
Jul 17, 2009 5:54 PM CDT
Who’s the original Superdawg?
That would be the one in Chicago that’s been serving up frankfurters since 1948 on the city’s northwest side. And this Superdawg—a food TV favorite easily…
Jun 25, 2009 4:06 PM CDT
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Friday that Twitter agreed to pay his legal fees and make a donation to his animal rescue foundation to settle his suit…
Jun 8, 2009 5:18 PM CDT
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has sued Twitter claiming that the microblogging site refused to take down an imposter’s page that contained “derogatory and demeaning” remarks.
The suit…
Jun 5, 2009 11:49 AM CDT
It’s not exactly a dog-eat-dog battle. On one side is Bay Quackers. On the other is Ride the Ducks.
Both companies operate amphibious vehicles, known as ducks, in the city…
Jun 3, 2009 6:42 PM CDT
Two Connecticut personal injury lawyers are suing Google, contending that the Internet search engine improperly sold advertising rights concerning their law firm name to a competitor.
When Internet users type…
May 27, 2009 10:01 PM CDT
Practicing intellectual property law at Pavia & Harcourt in the 1980s and 1990s offered U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor an early opportunity to demonstrate her legal eagle potential.
Representing…
May 26, 2009 11:13 PM CDT
If you think that all kids want these days is a Wii, a Nintendo DS or the latest PlayStation, then a series of recent lawsuits may make you think twice.
May 2, 2009 3:30 AM CDT
The last time patent litigator Bert Ehrlich experienced a downturn in the economy, his law firm missed the boat. Not this time.
Ehrlich, a partner at the intellectual property boutique…
Apr 28, 2009 5:31 PM CDT
An apartment building in Los Angeles has been sued for trademark infringement for offering a “Brando Loft” for rent.
The suit names the companies owning the Broadcast Center Apartments, the…
Apr 20, 2009 5:15 PM CDT
It was just a stupid prank, apparently, rather than a video of actual food preparation. But a clip obviously intended to provoke an “Oh, gross!” response reportedly did just that…
Apr 18, 2009 12:59 AM CDT
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