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Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has reportedly filed about five FIRs against Re-Rollers for reportedly putting its logo on their product and has begun exchanging their bank guarantees, besides claiming crores of rupees in compensation for misusing its brand name. Over the past year, SAIL has been getting information that counterfeit steel products bearing its trademark have swamped the markets acr

The world famous Japanese bike maker Yamaha has applied for trademark for registration of a few bike codenames in Europe as well as in America. Yamaha has trademarked the names ‘YZF-R1M’ and ‘R1M’ in Europe and at the same time has trademarked the term “R1S” in America and Australia. This is because Yamaha trades the Yamaha YZF-R1 by the name of R1 in US and by the name YZF-R1 in Europe. This step

A federal lawsuit has been filed against a downtown bar by Gonzaga University asking them to refrain from using its logo and mascot in advertising. Those identified in the lawsuit include Pendleton Enterprises and Jamie Pendleton, proprietor of the Daiquiri Factory. The concern had attracted criticism for naming a drink “Date Grape Koolaid.” Owing to the objection that the drink belittled the seri

California federal jury on April 3, 2014, pronounced a verdict that was unfavourable to Medical device maker NuVasive, Inc. (NUVA), with regards to the companies’ use of the trade name “NeuroVision” for its nerve monitoring platform. The verdict implicates NuVasive to pay a compensation amount of $30 million in damages to NeuroVision Medical Products. This is actually the second time that NuVasive

Microsoft has registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the name of its latest game software called “Snap Attack”. This is the second application for trademark filed by Microsoft within a gap of 2 months. This news was reported by GameSpot and states that Microsoft filed the application for the trademark on April 3, 2014. Other than the reports that the title is related to an “online c

The trademark for ‘Udhayam’ and ‘GRB’s Udhayam’ a popular ghee brand in the South Indian Sates has been cancelled by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) by an order passed by the board. The order was passed by the board after Shri Lakshmi Agro Foods Pvt Ltd, a Chennai-based company that sells dhal and other groceries under the brand name ‘Udhaiyam’ filed a lawsuit against GRB Dairy Fo

Flying high on the triumph of the small Hearthstone team Blizzard seems to be working on another game title by the name of ‘Overwatch’. There are currently no details on what the new game could be about other than what has appeared in the trademark filing. Based on the information that we can get from the name of the game, which is the only thing available at present, we could speculate that this

Will Bernard Matthews bring back the Turkey Twizzler? Records with the Intellectual Properties Office reveal that the turkey giant applied to trademark a new brand caller Oliver Twists under class 29, which covers meat and poultry, and also under class 30, which covers a wide range of food including pies, pastries, and sandwiches. The company was tight-lipped on its application for the trademark a

Nintendo Files Application to Trademark ‘Code Name S.T.E.A.M.’ Nintendo of America has registered an application to the USPTO for obtaining the trademark for ‘Code Name S.T.E.A.M. Strike Team Eliminating the Alien Menace’ the past week. This application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was lodged on April 2, 2014, by Nintendo of America and it appears to indicate a new game title. No logo o

Trademark Row over the term ‘Alamo’ between 2 Breweries in Texas Alamo Beer Co. LLC which is craft beer company based in Texas has sued Old 300 Brewing LLC in the federal court of Texas on Friday for infringement of its trademark and unfair competition concerning the use of a silhouette of the historic San Antonio landmark. The plaintiff, Alamo Beer Co. LLC, is desiring a temporary and permanent i

Lacoste, the French polo-shirt maker was permitted to register “L.12.12” as a trademark in Singapore, in spite of objections from fashion and lifestyle boutique Carolina Herrera which is based in New York. Herrera had earlier asserted that the mark would be similar to one its perfume-related products, such as 212 On Ice, 212 VIP and 212 Sexy; however, Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks Diyanah Bah

The main advice by an intellectual property expert for New Zealand companies awaiting to file their trademarks in China is – get in early. Anton Blijlevens, an IP law specialist from AJ Park, Auckland says that Brand-hijacking is common in China and says that a “trademark squatting” industry had come up there. This is a practice wherein overseas brand-names are registered in China and when the ori

The word “Glass” may soon be trademarked by Google. In an attempt to curtail any duplicating of its computer-enabled eyeglass, the tech giant, Google has been attempting to trademark the term “Glass” when written in a particular style of Google’s marketing logo font, according to The Wall Street Journal. According to the Journal, even though the US Patent and Trademark Office permitted for the tra

Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $60 million in order to settle a trademark dispute that could have jeopardized the sale of iPads in China. Apple’s opponent in the case was a Hong Kong-based electronics manufacturing company named Proview International Holdings Ltd. that previously had designed a computer known as the Internet Personal Access Device (iPAD). In 2009, Apple reportedly paid an amount of

The expected hearing of a trademark dispute between the Netherlands-based Diageo Brands BV and Indian firm Khoday Brewing and Distilling Industries Ltd. related to the use of the trademark ‘Black Label’ has been adjourned by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) to June of this year. As per information available, the dispute is related to an order by the Deputy Registrar of Trademarks p

An associate company of Reynolds American Inc., which is also a defendant in a trademark lawsuit has presented a motion demanding $553,000 in a final judgment. Chance Addison said that he proved that that Reynolds’ legal actions has caused damages to his electronic cigarette companies based in Spokane, Wash. In addition, Addison is also trying to resist an effort by Reynolds Innovations Inc. to ho