Beginning August 3, 2019, all foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings must be represented by an attorney who is licensed to practice in the United States, according to the final rule recently issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This means that all new
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How the NFL, pop culture, and successful advertising helped lead Campbell’s to a CHUNKY Victory
By Nicole Indelicato on
Posted in Intellectual Property, Trademarks
The Campbell Soup Company (“Campbell’s”) can now tell its competitors, “No CHUNKY soup for you!” Earlier this month, Campbell’s earned the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) approval to trademark the word “CHUNKY.” Campbell’s has long used the word to describe its more ingredient-filled soups, but now the Camden, New Jersey-based soup giant can…
More Than Just a Game
By William W. Stroever & Nicole Indelicato on
The issue of intellectual property used within video games is in the news again. If you haven’t already heard, wildly popular video game Fortnite features a dance called “Swipe It” that is the center of a pending lawsuit. Brooklyn-based rapper 2 Milly is claiming he created the dance in 2015 and the game’s creators swiped…
Swan-Shaped Pool Toy Claim Won’t Float, According To Second Circuit
By Nicole Indelicato & William W. Stroever on
Posted in Intellectual Property, Trademarks
Two manufacturers of large inflatable swan-shaped pool floats made a splash in a New York appeals court earlier this month. The Second Circuit rejected a New York company’s attempt to claim exclusive trade dress rights to a swan-shaped pool float, calling the endeavor “impermissibly overbroad.”
In August 2016, Long Island based pool products enterprise, Swimline…