Nearly six decades after her death, Marilyn Monroe is still a popular choice for mugs, T-shirts, jewelry and other products using her name — even illegally. Authentic Brands Group LLC, which owns the rights to the late movie star’s name …
Applying New York law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that there was no advertising injury indemnity insurance coverage for nearly $35 million in judgments against an off-price luxury goods vendor, insured Ashley Reed Trading, …
Salt Lake City tourism officials and a Colorado ski resort have settled a legal fight over a marketing slogan targeted to tourists in the lucrative winter sports industry. Utah marketers dropped ‘USA’ from their new Ski City advertising campaign a …
New Orleans sweet shop Sucré is in the initial stages of delving into international territory. Joel Dondis, the co-owner of Sucré, said the business is currently in discussions with potential buyers in China, Japan and Canada to sell and distribute …
A northwest Louisiana restaurant’s croissant-doughnut hybrid is getting a new name – Juggernut, Highlander or Steve. Lizz Bowen and her husband, Scott Roebuck, got a cease-and-desist letter last week from Cronut creator Dominique Ansel, telling them that their Sevendipity Cafe …
A small Asheville, N.C., food company will be carrying a new name because a winery didn’t like the old one. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports husband-and-wife team Tom Gallo and Susan Devitt have been forced by E. & J. Gallo Winery …
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., which has used the “On Your Side” slogan in its marketing and advertising since 1966, is suing a small Tennessee public adjusting firm that goes by the name On Your Side Adjusters Inc. for trademark infringement. …
Nintendo Co. won a 50 percent reduction of the $30.2 million in damages a jury awarded to a former Sony Corp. employee who claimed the company’s 3DS game and video player infringed his 3-D technology patent. “The jury’s damages award …
The Kohler Co. has been ordered in federal court to pay $9.6 million to a Massachusetts manufacturer for infringing on two of its patents for components that reduce exhaust emissions in marine generators. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Boston …
A Vermont company that makes hard cider is suing another Vermont company that roasts coffee for trademark infringement over the use of the word “woodchuck.” Vermont Hard Cider Co. filed a complaint against Woodchuck Coffee Roasters in U.S. District Court …