On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Jun 17, 2020 | Intellectual Property, Trademark & Copyright
There’s no doubt that intellectual property can set your business apart from your competitors. However, intellectual property is often only as valuable as it is policed. If you don’t catch a trademark infringer, for example, then you won’t be able to stop them and...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Dec 31, 2019 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
It is a long held principle of trademark law that generic terms cannot be registered for protection with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This principle has been challenged time and time again and time and time again the principle has been...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Nov 15, 2019 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
In 2017, The Supreme Court decided a controversial trademark case regarding free speech, Matal v. Tam. The Lanham Act, the Act relating to trademarks, established a prohibition against the registration of trademarks containing “immoral”, “scandalous”, or “disparaging”...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Nov 15, 2019 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
The stage has been set for a trademark showdown between world famous rock band Guns N’ Roses and a craft brewery from Colorado. Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective, operating under the name Oskar Blues, filed an application for a trademark in August of 2018 covering a...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Jul 2, 2019 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
From garage bands to Rock n’ Roll legends, all bands have a beginning and all bands come to an end. But whether the end comes on stage, at a charity benefit (like the Eagles where one band member is actively counting down the number songs until they go back stage to...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Aug 3, 2018 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
Texas A&M University has won another battle over its “12th Man” trademark against a soap company based in Washington State. The Washington Soap Company applied for a trademark for “12th Man Hands” for the company’s “handmade loofah soap bar.” It is a bar of soap,...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Apr 17, 2018 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
LeBron James’s media company, Uninterrupted, has recently sent a cease and desist order to The University of Alabama (UA) regarding UA’s “Shop Talk” web series. Uninterrupted claims that UA unlawfully copied protectable elements of Lebron’s hit web series, “The Shop,”...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Apr 3, 2018 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
German sportsware giant Adidas is well known for strongly enforcing its three-striped shoe trademark. Adidas puts their foot down on almost any shoe that contains horizontal stripes. It has sued Gucci, Payless Shoes, and Forever 21 in the US over the use of stripes in...
On behalf of The Fein Law Firm | Dec 28, 2017 | Firm News, Trademark & Copyright
In trademark infringement cases, counterfeits are worth their weight in gold. While ordinary infringement entitles the mark owner to some monetary damages, those damages can triple if the court finds the infringing product is a counterfeit. The Lanham Act defines...
