by evansfox | Apr 19, 2013
Crown Royal’s purple bag with gold trim is distinctive trade dress that is protected on the Federal Trademark Register. Mexcor, Inc. manufactures and distributes a similar liquor product, Texas Crown, directly competing with Crown Royal. Mexcor’s commercial depicted...
by evansfox | Apr 19, 2013
Patent license agreements are complex legal agreements. If you download a form on the internet, you risk not acquiring all of the rights you need to enforce the patent against infringers and to get the full scope of damages you might be entitled to collect. Each...
by evansfox | Apr 11, 2013
Many confidentiality agreements will contain language about customer lists being confidential information. Others will contain broad language about everything under the sun being proprietary trade secrets. A simple list of companies and addresses is not very likely to...
by evansfox | Apr 11, 2013
Longhorn Steakhouse successfully sued Longhorn Wings for trademark infringement. It is hard to understand how the case got so far. First, a trademark clearance search would have revealed the potential problem. Second, the chain restaurant undoubtedly sent a cease and...
by evansfox | Apr 11, 2013
A New York federal court used the U.S. trademark law to stop an overseas infringer of the Juicy Couture mark from selling its allegedly infringing clothing product in the U.S. The products were track suits similar to the iconic Juicy Couture tracksuits, and sold under...
by evansfox | Apr 11, 2013
A trade secret misappropriation lawsuit was filed against rock star drummer Tommy Lee and his band Motley Crue. Howard King claims that in 1991 he developed an idea and concept for a “Tommy Lee Loop Coaster,” a platform on wheels that follows a loop-shaped track. A...
