The federal court lawsuit filed by Stash Tea against Stash Cannabis includes an exhibit of photos which Stash Tea contends illustrates damage against the Stash Tea trademark. (screen shots) Stash Tea Co. is suing Stash Cannabis Co., accusing the Beaverton marijuana dispensary of trademark infringement. The…
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Dixie State University’s new logo has already created some controversy, but not because of the mascot itself. Rather, it was a Facebook post during last week’s 4/20 cannabis culture holiday that had school authorities scrambling to stop what they said was trademark infringement. DSU student…
Read MoreBlues and folk music have long been full of borrowing. But so has pop and rock — and the legal standard is blurry The poet T.S. Eliot had this to say about the creative process: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what…
Read MoreLOS ANGELES —A trial is needed to determine if the British band Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the American rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled. U.S District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled Friday that lawyers for…
Read MoreIs this the start of the rise of the machine? Or is it just some sweet upcoming tech from the Korean giant? I think it’s just some sweet upcoming tech from the Korean giant. Recently, Samsung was been granted a patent in South Korea for contact lenses…
Read MoreChipotle may open another restaurant chain called Better Burger. The company filed a trademark request for that name earlier this month, and Chipotle (CMG) spokesperson Chris Arnold called it a “growth seed idea.” He added that “the Chipotle model could be applied to a wide…
Read MoreMPAA, RIAA say surge underscores need to reform Digital Millennium Copyright Act Google received requests to scrub 213 million links from its search engine in the first 12 weeks of 2016 because of copyright infringement, a Variety analysis of the company’s data shows — an…
Read MoreOracle has filed a lawsuit against HP Enterprise for allegedly helping its partner to provide software support for the Solaris operating system. In a complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California, Oracle claimed that HPE was aware of the marketing of support software…
Read MoreYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The National Park Service has opened up a new front in the fight over the names of historic hotels and other beloved landmarks at Yosemite National Park. The agency has asked a federal trademark board to cancel trademarks obtained…
Read MoreLast month, a U.S. district court in Oregon granted Adidas’ motion for a preliminary injunction against U.S. footwear company Sketchers USA Inc., blocking Sketchers from selling, among other sneakers, a 3-stripe sneaker design that allegedly infringes Adidas’ 3-stripe registered trademark and one of its sneaker…
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