Monster Energy Buys A Brewery; Trademark Lawsuits Are Almost Sure To Follow

Did you all just hear that? That tiny, nearly silent series of screams you hear all around you? Well, that was the entire craft beer industry crying out in fear and pain. Why? Well, because Monster Beverage Corp announced that it is going to be a...

CBS Sued Over Portrayal of Torture Device on ‘Evil’

Plaintiff says CBS Studios and King Size Productions knowingly infringed on his trademark for the 'God Helmet.'

Why collaboration is crucial for trademark industry innovation – exclusive IP office roundtable | World Trademark Review

There have been some major innovation developments at national offices around the world in the past 18 months, as new partnerships have been struck to bring non-core tools and services to users.

Caffeine headache for Monster as General Court holds no genuine use on Class 30 goods

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Microsoft's GitHub Can't Get New 'Octocat' Trademark - Law360

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is refusing to let Microsoft's GitHub add another trademark registration for its 'Octocat' mascot, ruling the company failed to show that consumers link the name to training services.

Hey The North Face! When You Said Sending Us A Bogus Trademark Threat Was A Mistake, We Believed You; So Why Did You Do It Again?

Hey The North Face! Hi, how are you? We keep meeting like this and I really wish it would stop. As you may recall, last month, the "brand protection" company that you hired, Yellow Brand Protection, currently owned by Corsearch, sent us a...

Madrid E-Filing Now Available To Applicants In Turkey - Intellectual Property - Turkey

As a result of the cooperation between the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) and WIPO,Turkey has taken its place among thecountries that enable applicants to file their international trademark

‘Firewater' Sparks A Fiery Dispute In Russia - Intellectual Property - Russian Federation

An individual entrepreneur filed a trademark application (No. 2019700445) in Cyrillic for ‘ОГНЕННАЯВОДА' (firewater) to individualise the goods in Class 33 (alcoholic drinks).

General Court on genuine use: Coffee in Cl. 30, Coffee out Cl. 32 - Kluwer Trademark Blog

As you may recall from our post on the ‘Sony Vita’ invalidation case, where a trade mark is registered for a product but only used for something viewed by consumers as a different product, the trade mark right for the registered product for which...