Trademark Battle over the “GOLDEN KNIGHTS” Heats Up
The trademark dispute between the Las Vegas Golden Knights and the United States Army escalated this week, as the U.S Department of Army filed an Opposition (.PDF) to the Golden Knights’ proposed trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Golden Knights applied for registration of the trademarks GOLDEN KNIGHTS and LAS VEGAS […]
USPTO TTAB cancels Redskins Trademark
On Wednesday, June 18, the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a ruling that canceled the federal registration of six trademarks related to the Washington Redskins of the National Football league. The petition was brought to TTAB by five Native Americans in an attempt to cancel the trademarks […]
Trademark Opposition to “[ ]” Dismissed
The Australian company Casella Wines, the winemaker of the popular wine Yellowtail® filed a trademark application for []. Yes that’s what they did, they applied for the trademark registration for just “the brackets.” If you look at some of their images online when you search their company you will see that most often when [yellow […]
Walgreens sues Wegmans over Trademark
Recently I wrote a blog post regarding the alleged infringement of the trademark. Now the national drugstore chain Walgreens believes that the Wegmans logo looks too much like the Walgreens registered trademark (.PDF). So they have opposed Wegmans new trademark registration application (.PDF) and filed a federal lawsuit claiming infringement. Take a look at the […]