Gold Glove Trademark Battle If you’re a baseball fan, you’re familiar with Rawlings Gold Glove Award, an award given to various players for their defensive excellence. What you may not know is that Rawlings Sporting Goods owns U.S. trademark registrations for several marks including GOLD GLOVE and GOLD GLOVE AWARD. Rawlings is serious about enforcing their rights against any competitors. In July, Rawlings filed a lawsuit against Wilson Sporting Goods for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising, as well as a few state law claims, in connection with its Gold Glove trademarks. In its complaint, Rawlings claimed that Wilson…
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Jack Daniel’s: Not a Trademark Bully
July 23, 2012
Jack Daniel’s: Not a Trademark Bully Here’s an interesting story that’s been making the rounds of the Internet. It’s enough to make even a jaded trademark lawyer like me smile. It’s about how an extremely famous brand was able to protect its trademark rights while doing everything they could to help out the small business on the other side. And it’s nonfiction, believe it or not. Read on for more…
San Diego Comic-Con Panel Preview
July 10, 2012
San Diego Comic-Con Panel Preview For the 5th year in a row, I will have the opportunity to participate in a panel during the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con (or, if you insist, Comic-Con International). The panel will be moderated, as always, by Michael Lovitz, and the panelists will include David Branfman and Professor Marc Greenberg. Please join us on Saturday, July 14, 2012 from 10:30am to noon in Room 11AB.
SUPER HEROES: Marvel & DC’s Joint Trademark
July 5, 2012
SUPER HEROES: Marvel & DC’s Joint Trademark In 2006, Dan Taylor, the creator of the critically acclaimed Super Hero Happy Hour comic, announced that he had to change the name of his comic. The reason behind the change? Taylor had received a cease and desist letter from trademark attorneys for both DC and Marvel Comics, claiming they jointly owned the trademark SUPER HEROES and any variations of the word. It turns out that DC and Marvel own U.S. trademark registrations for the mark SUPER HEROES for toys (US Reg. No. 1140452 – Oct. 14, 1980) and comic books…
