There is a high-profile international trademark battle ongoing between Major League Soccer (MLS) and the legendary Italian soccer club Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A. (Inter Milan) over the mark “Inter.” Sports franchises in major American sports follow a simple naming…
“All that for a drop of blood.” Easter season would not truly be complete without a controversial story involving Satan. But how exactly does a tendentious music video involving a lap dance with the devil ultimately lead to a lawsuit…
As gyms around the country have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Peloton, a popular gym equipment manufacturer, has seen a huge growth in sales. By May 2020, the company reported a 66% increase in sales, and their global membership…
The United States and China are familiar foes in their constant fight for influence on the international stage. There have been conflicts between the two countries involving trade deals and tariffs, but there is one concern that has largely gone…
For the past eleven months, the world has been focused on one thing – the Coronavirus pandemic. And how could we not? COVID-19 has disrupted life as we knew it, effected virtually every industry, and prompted every email written in…
The 2014 Billboard Music Awards featured a Michael Jackson performance like no other: a holographic Jackson moonwalked once again as he sang “Slave to the Rhythm,” a song from the new, posthumously released Jackson album “Xscape.” The legality surrounding holographic…
On July 13, 2020, following a review of the team’s name, the National Football League’s (“NFL”) Washington Redskins announced they would be retiring both their team name and logo. “The decision [came] amid the Black Lives Matter movement — which…
In recent years, the Supreme Court has made clear that the First Amendment applies to trademarks. In Matal v. Tam, the Supreme Court held that the statutory bar on “trademarks that may ‘disparage … or bring … into contemp[t] or…
After the University of Houston (“UH”) filed suit against South Texas College of Law Houston (formerly South Texas College of Law) for trademark infringement last summer, the two sides have finally made progress in resolving their dispute via mediation.[1] However,…
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants, of course, in the world of Bikini Bottom. In the popular children’s television show, which will make the move to the Chicago stage later this year, SpongeBob works for Mr.…
It looks like Amazon.com (Amazon) and Multi Time Machine (MTM) may be going to trial, as the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a district court’s summary judgment in a trademark infringement suit against Amazon. In a…
