In late March 2025, a high-profile trademark dispute erupted in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, pitting famed surf and lifestyle brand Lost International, LLC ("Lost") (a surfboard, surf accessory, and surf[...]
A trademark cease and desist letter is a formal notification sent to an individual or entity that is suspected of using a trademark in a manner that could infringe on the rights of the trademark holder.[...]
Our law firm recently had the opportunity to address the issue of whether unauthorized use of a company's trademark in a television program or film could result in a claim of trademark infringement. Based on[...]
In our competitive free economy, copying and imitating business concepts and market trends in the public domain is the general rule, protected intellectual property (e.g., trademark, copyright, patent) is the exception. Copying and Imitation as Fair[...]
It is basic public policy that free competition drives our economy. It follows that the "imitation" and “copying” of creative ideas and concepts is a very important part of a free market's success. Once ideas, concepts[...]
As our Charleston trademark attorneys have expressed throughout the trademark sections of this site, the core function of a trademark for any business is to serve as an exclusive identifier of the source of a products,[...]
A generic trademark is when the name of the mark is the actual name for that product. Examples include: STRAWBERRY for strawberries, or LAW FIRM for a law firm, or TRADEMARK ATTORNEY for a Chicago trademark attorney. A[...]
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