Lifeguard Licensing sues Ralph Lauren for use of LIFEGUARD mark on apparel.
Bonus trivia: Name the band that sang:
Hardly any clothes (lifeguard)
Sand between my toes (lifeguard)
White stuff on my nose
And what was the only station to play that song? 92.7 WLIR. You’d put the Milky Way bars in the freezer the
HEISMAN v HE IS the MAN shirts
The Heisman Trophy Trust prevails on summary judgement that defendant breached prior settlement agreement not to distribute confusingly similar HEISMAN TROPHY shirts. Decision discusses HE IS the MAN shirts but I can’t confirm that the design illustrated above was part of the suit.
Question for discussion: Where the name of an award is trademarked (HEISMAN,
JAPONAIS: Identity Beyond Coincidence (And Don’t Blame Your Mom)
Plaintiff sounds a bit like a cross between Nathan Thurm and Mr. Devious (from the Monty Python motor insurance sketch).
Defendant/Counter-claim plaintiff, operates the JAPONAIS restaurants, using the logo above. Apparently the JAPONAIS restaurants are well known. Plaintiff filed a trademark application covering the mark depicted in the bottom drawing, claiming that the similarities were
Ray’s, Famous Ray’s, Famous Original Ray’s, and I Am Absolutely The Ray That You Wanted To Buy Pizza From vs. Every Other Pizza Place With Ray In The Name
Some background from 1991 here. Photo taken by famous John Welch.
Complaint Famous Ray
Australia: ICED VOVO v ICED DOUGH VO
LawDit.co.uk: Trademark infringement; doh!“:
The maker of the VoVo biscuit, Arnotts has recently threatened legal action against doughnut chain Krispy Kreme if it does not stop promoting and selling it’s similar sounding “Iced-Dough-Vo” doughnuts, which is also covered by pink fondant and sprinkled with coconut, just like the 100 year old Iced VoVo brand
Porn Nostalgia
Las Vegas Trademark Attorney: “Two Las Vegas Adult Film Companies Battle Over “Deep Throat”
LIFE IS NUTZ v LIFE IS GOOD
LIFE IS NUTZ seeks declaration that it does not infringe LIFE IS GOOD.
Coverage here.
Complaint Life is Nutz
Shameless Self-Promotion
A blurb on a case of ours here.
HOLY INVASION OF PRIVACY, BADMAN! by Sony?
Check out serial no. 77/695031 – HOLY INVASION OF PRIVACY, BADMAN!, covering video games, filed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. Snark Hunting provides the contextual information that might not be obvious to people younger than 40 that in the TV version of Batman, the campy 60’s version, Robin would invariably say HOLY _______, BATMAN!
Yes,