UNDER ARMOUR sues makers of BODY ARMOR sports drink. It alleges that the ‘inter-locking’ logo aggravates the similarity between the word marks. Wikipedia tells us that “[t]he word “armor” was introduced into use in the Middle Ages as a borrowing from the French. It is dated from 1297, as a “mail, defensive covering worn in…

CAYMAN JACK margarita-flavored malt beverage seeks declaration of non-infringement with JACK DANIELS.

Complaint Cayman Jack v Jack Daniels

Plaintiff wishes to withdraw its complaint post-discovery without prejudice, alleging that it learned in discovery that defendant has taken sufficient actions to avoid confusion. It moved for without prejudice dismissal in case defendant changes course. Defendant argues dismissal should be with prejudice; if defendant ‘changes course’ then plaintiff can bring a new claim on the…

The re-born People Express alleges that defendant traffics in ITUs based on ‘abandoned’ brands. We’ve blogged about defendants before.

Peoples Express Kelsey

From a Verisign press release:

Through ICANN’s new gTLD application process, which we expect to close in May 2012, Verisign applied for 14 new gTLDs including 12 transliterations of .com and .net. In addition, applicants for approximately 220 new gTLDs selected Verisign to provide back-end registry services.

HT Claudio.

“At 92, Bandit to Hollywood but Hero to Soldiers”:

“Big Hy” — his handle among many loyal customers — would almost certainly be cast as Hollywood Enemy No. 1 but for a few details. He is actually Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran trying to stay busy after the death of his

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