GIOCONDA LAW BLOG:  Cutting Edge Issues in Brand Protection

The Gioconda Law Blog is a blog about cutting edge issues in brand protection and trademark litigation.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Rock Showdown: Queensrÿche Faces Trial Over Trademark Ownership

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Queensrÿche with Original Lead Singer Geoff Tate It appears that hard rock and 1980's "hair bands" are a perennially fert...
Monday, November 25, 2013

"Thanksgivingukkah" Trademarked Over One Year Ago

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Screenshot from ModernTribe.com "Thanksgivingukkah" is the term being used to describe the very rare confluence of Hannukah a...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Toy Company Sues Beastie Boys, Claiming Parody Protects Its Viral Ad

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Screenshot from GoldieBlox's website A progressively-themed company that makes and sells toys that will supposedly help young girls...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Starbucks Loses Big Against CHARBUCKS in the Court of Appeals

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Starbucks lost a significant trademark appeal before a panel of three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a cas...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Samsung and Its Outside Counsel Facing Sanctions For Breaching Confidentiality: But Will the Punishment Fit the Offense?

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Before Apple and Samsung litigated their now epic patent trial before a federal district court, they were engaged in routine discovery...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Selfie Trademark: Struggling to Own the New Slang

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In the modern world of interactive social media, new words are invented, used and discarded at lightning speed. Indeed, the lexicon o...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Preliminary Injunction Against MAXIM Deodorant Denied, Court Finds "Insufficient" Harm to the Brand From Unlicensed Use

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In a startling decision , a federal court refused to grant a court order against the continued unauthorized use the trademark "MAXIM...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Canada Goose Sues Sears For Selling "Knockoff" Parkas

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Canada Goose, maker of high quality and fashionable parkas, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in a Toronto federal court against ...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Gioconda Law Group and Arthur Kenzie Settle Domain Name Dispute

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The Gioconda Law Group PLLC and Arthur Wesley Kenzie have settled the dispute that had been pending before the New York federal district...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Stock Image on ObamaCare Site Invites Scorn, Ridicule on Amateur Model

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Aspiring models, be warned. Now that the initial launch of the federal "ObamaCare" website has been declared an unmitigated l...

Use of Square Bottle Sparks Trade Dress Lawsuit With Jack Daniel's

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Fox News is reporting on a newly-filed trademark lawsuit pending between Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown-Form...
Friday, October 18, 2013

"Champagne" Tastes Trigger Trademark Disputes with Apple, Others

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For decades, the  Comité Champagne , a French industry trade organization dedicated to protecting the French Champ...
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