Lindt’s chocolate bunny trademark win shows shape matters to consumers: In a move sure to upset chocoholics everywhere, discount supermarket Lidl was recently told to destroy its stocks of chocolate bunnies. The cull was ordered by a Swiss court that decided Lidl’s bunny was too close to confectioner Lindt’s iconic chocolate rabbit. Lidl was sued …
Brut force: how Putin’s champagne label law could spark a trademark dispute with France: Shebeko/Shutterstock Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an amendment to a federal law reserving the use of the Russian term for champagne -– ?????????? (shampanskoye) – to sparkling wines produced in Russia. Putin’s move has caused a stir with …
Banksy brands under threat after elusive graffiti artist loses trademark legal dispute: Dumbonyc/Flickr, CC BY-SA Britain’s most famous – and enigmatic – graffiti artist Banksy once proclaimed that “copyright is for losers”. Now, having lost a two-year legal fight over the trademarking of one of his iconic artworks, that claim has come back to haunt …
Pinterest fails to Pin Pintrips on trademark infringement and dilution claims – Yahoo News snippet curated by WP Robot as being relevant to Pinterest. The district court held that the “Pintrips” and “Pin” marks used by Pintrips did not infringe or dilute Pinterest's “Pin” and “Pinterest” registered trademarks. Pinterest is a social media company that …