Likelihood of Confusion

22 Nov, 2019

Adidas’ All-In Dispute with Church Sheds Light on Trademark Abandonment and Failure to Function as a Trademark

In 2005, Christian Faith Fellowship Church, a Chicago-based church group, filed two trademark applications for the mark ADD A ZERO for use on clothing, including shirts and caps that they later sold to raise money for charity. One application was for a standard continue reading...

Trademarks

20 Dec, 2018

Honey Badger Don’t Care About Trademark Infringement, But The Ninth Circuit Does

Long ago (by internet standards), a spoof of Discovery Channel-style nature videos went viral. “The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger” is a three-minute montage of wild honey badgers running across the desert, hunting prey, and, perhaps most disgusting, eating a snake, all set to classical music. continue reading...

Trademarks

19 Jun, 2017

How Much Fame Is Enough?

In its recent decision in Joseph Phelps Vineyards, LLC v. Fairmont Holdings, LLC, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the proper interpretation of the fame of the mark factor in determining whether there is a likelihood of confusion under the long-established multifactor continue reading...

Tagged: Likelihood of Confusion

Adidas’ All-In Dispute with Church Sheds Light on Trademark Abandonment and Failure to Function as a Trademark

Honey Badger Don’t Care About Trademark Infringement, But The Ninth Circuit Does

How Much Fame Is Enough?

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