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News Archive27 August: Bud Light's 'Fan Cans' fall flat
Anheuser-Busch InBev's latest campaign for Bud Light, producing 'fan cans' of Bud Light in US university colleges' football colours, has produced controversy. The universities claim it encourages underage drinking, promotes drinking as an integral part of college football and infringes trademark rights
Billings Gazette
25 August: Lego blocks Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap has sucummed to Lego's legal threat and removed Lego characters from its music video.
Guardian
24 August: Daily Mail displays copycat brands
The Daily Mail highlights a number of supermarket own label, copycat brands, following Diageo’s action against Sainsbury’s on Pimm’s.
Daily Mail
21 August: Twitter fails to trademark 'Tweet'
Twitter's application to trademark the term 'Tweet' has been provisionally denied by the US patent and trademark office, as other companies had already applied to register similar marks.
Guardian
20 August: Injunction to prevent STELLANUDE launch fails
Nude Brands Limited, owner of the 'NUDE' trademark for cosmetics and perfumery, has been refused an injunction preventing Stella McCartney Limited, YSL Beaute Limited and L'Oreal (UK) launching the STELLANUDE fragrance planned for Saturday 22 August.
Telegraph
20 August: Absolut Vodka sues Absolute Radio
Pernod Richard-owned Vin&Sprit, the owner of Absolut Vodka, is issuing legal proceedings against the owners of Absolute Radio, claiming there is a risk of confusion and trademark infringement.
Swedish Wire
19 August: Sheryl Crow sells music catalogue for $10m
Sheryl Crow has sold her copyright rights to her music back catalogue and the rights to songs from her next two albums, to the asset-management arm of Commonwealth Bank of Australia for $10m.
Wall Street Journal
16 August: Diageo sues Sainsbury's over Pimm's copyright
Drinks giant Diageo is suing Sainsbury's, accusing the retailer of infringing the copyright of its Pimm's brand with the retailer's own label product Pitchers.
Daily Mail
14 August: Bono's wife sues Stella McCartney over 'Nude'
Nude Brands Limited, of which Ali Hewson, Bono's wife, is involved, has issued proceedings against Stella McCartney Limited and YSL Beaute (part of L'Oréal) over the launch of the fragrance StellaNude which Nude Skincare claims infringes its trademark.
This is London
07 August: Tolkien’s heirs fight for film royalties
Christopher and Priscilla Tolkien, children of JRR Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, are suing New Line Cinema, the producer of the films, for £133m claiming they have received no royalties from the £3bn grossing films. A trial date of 10 October has been set.
Daily Mail
06 August: Twitter sued for patent infringement
US company TechRadium is suing Twitter, alleging that the latest internet phenomenon infringes its patent for ‘mass-notification’ and is seeking damages for lost profits and exemplary damages.
The Register
05 August: Gucci relatives barred from using Gucci name
A US judge has ruled that Jennifer Gucci, ex-wife of a Gucci heir, and her daughter, Gemma Gucci, may not continue to use the Gucci name on coffee, cosmetics and other goods as they had “wilfully infringed and diluted the Gucci trademarks."
Reuters
05 August: JaneFonda.com designer ‘steals’ website
When Geoff Devereux, MD of digital agency Delete London, noticed the similarity between his website www.deletelondon.com and www.janefonda.com he called to complain, resulting in Jane Fonda's people removing some offending IP from her site.
Brand Republic
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