You may have noticed Van Leeuwen Ice Cream on your local grocery store shelves. It’s packaged in pastel-colored cartons with “Van Leeuwen” written in black cursive. It’s easily identifiable and distinctive. Rebel Creamery thought it was, too. So, it copied the colors and the cursive writing and then got sued by Van Leeuwen. Rebel just didn’t lose […]
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Are Watermelons Functional?
October 12, 2023
Trademark
McDonald’s golden arches, red and blue Chevron gas stations, and Dunkin’ Donuts pink and orange signs are familiar to most consumers. In legal parlance, these distinctive concepts are referred to as “trade dress.” Like trademarks, trade dress can be registered on the principal registry of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). As we […]
Late Breaking News: Ghostbusters Prevails Over Day of the Dead After Initial Defeat If you’re a vodka connoisseur, you probably know that Dan Aykroyd of Saturday Night Live, the Blues Brothers, and Ghostbusters fame partnered with another artist and Globefill, Inc. to manufacture and market vodka packaged in a skull shaped bottle and labeled as Crystal […]