by thefriedfirm | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog
Who’s to say whether your business’ trademark is scandalous or immoral, right? Well, until recently that decision was clearly in the seemingly arbitrary hands of the USPTO examiner who got their hands all over your vulgar application. And that decision could often...
by thefriedfirm | Apr 11, 2017 | Blog
Varsity Brands, the largest manufacturer of cheerleading and dance uniforms, just scored a major copyright victory at the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that the designs on cheerleading uniforms are copyrightable. Varsity Brands has 200 U.S. copyright...
by thefriedfirm | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
If Swatch has its way, the Michael Kors brand won’t get “access” to a trademark it is trying to register. In early February, the watchmaker filed a Notice of Opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board over the luxury fashion company’s application to register...
by thefriedfirm | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
The Chargers football franchise’s plan to move just two hours north from San Diego to Los Angeles has been incredibly rocky since the January 12th announcement. The people of San Diego are far from happy about it, and there seemed to be a lot of confusion over the new...
by thefriedfirm | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog
Upscale brand Louis Vuitton was dealt a major blow in December in its two-year-old case against My Other Bag, a company that makes an eco-friendly line of canvas totes with prints of popular designer bags on them. Alongside designs mimicking Louis Vuitton’s famous...
