Tag Archives: trademark lawsuit

Tue 30th April 2013
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pair Networks sues PairShare for heading infringement - pair Networks takes issue with music app called PairShare. Web hosting company pair Networks has sued Pairshare, LLC for trademark infringement. PairShare offers an app that lets people share music between iPhones, iPods, and iPads via bluetooth. In the lawsuit (pdf), pair Networks argues that PairShare violates its trademarks, including for the term “Pair”. Although pair Networks doesn’t compete directly with PairShare, it argues that offering downloadable ... read more ...
Wed 20th March 2013
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Bloomberg sues sploggers regulating Google’s Blogger - Company upset over blogs using “Bloomberg” in subdomain and scraping Bloomberg content. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in New York against four John Does using Google’s Blogger service. The defendants have set up blogs on the service that use third level domains that include the Bloomberg name. Bloomberg says the defendants are committing trademark infringement. The blogs at issue are: BloombergWest.blogspot.com BloombergDealFeed.blogspot.com BloombergLondon.blogspot.com BloombergCommods.blogspot.fr Bloomberg ... read more ...
Mon 15th October 2012
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Battle of a bad names: eevzDrop sues evzDrop - Two social apps based on audio have very similar names — but both are pretty bad. Two companies based in Illinois are duking it out over a really bad name for a social networking app. Eevzdrop, LLC (two e’s at beginning) has sued EvzDrop, Inc. (one e), saying the latter is infringing its Eevzdrop mark. Both names are a play on “eavesdrop”, as both companies offer social apps that involve audio. And both of the names miserably fail the “radio test”, meaning ... read more ...
Mon 4th June 2012
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Angie’s List sues ServiceMagic over Google ads - Company sues lead generation firm over competitive AdWords ads. Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI), the subscription based service to find contractors, has filed a lawsuit against lead generation company ServiceMagic over ads it purchased on Google Adwords. According to the complaint, ServiceMagic is buying Google AdWords ads for the term “Angie’s List”. Here’s an ad I saw when searching today. Angie’s List is on top, followed by a witty ad from ServiceMagic: The ... read more ...
Mon 13th February 2012
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving takes on MADDSEXY - Company files trademark lawsuit, demands lingerie company cease using domain name. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, known by its acronym MADD, is taking on lingerie company MADDSEXY in a trademark lawsuit (pdf). Among MADD’s requests is that MADDSEXY cease using its domain name Maddsexy.com. According to the advocacy group: Defendants’ promotion of lingerie products, along with their highly sexualized portrayal of women in their promotion of their products, is likely ... read more ...
Wed 29th September 2010
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The Gap Sues GapNote.com Social Network - Clothing company says you can’t use the term “gap” in your social media web site. Clothing company The Gap has sued GapNote.com and its founder for trademark infringement. GapNote.com is a new site that helps people chronicle their past, present, and future, and the gaps in between. The lawsuit claims that the site should not be able to use the term “gap” anywhere in its name because the clothing company owns rights to the domain name. The Gap claims: Defendant ... read more ...