The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has abandoned a pair of unusual trademark applications the agency filed that sought to secure the branding rights for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
Chinese tea beverage brand Molly Tea said it would appeal a court ruling ordering it to pay 10.3 million yuan ($1.52 million) to French luxury house Louis Vuitton for trademark infringement, a case that has drawn widespread attention on Chinese social media, according to several media reports.
It ordered the Chinese company to pay 10 million renminbi, or around $1.5 million, in damages and 300,000 renminbi, or around $44,000, in reasonable legal processing fees within 10 days of the ruling. The other defendant, Dongxia Beverage Shop in Wuzhong Economic Development Zone, was held jointly liable for up to 100,000 renminbi, or around $14,700, in damages.
7-Eleven sues Nike over Air Max with Slurpee maker’s colors
7-Eleven has sued Nike in federal court in Texas, accusing the sportswear giant of copying the convenience store chain’s signature orange, green and red stripe design on a sneaker that Nike plans to release on July 11, known as “7-Eleven Day.” In its lawsuit (Case 3:26-cv-02201-X, N.D.Tex), opens new tab filed on Wednesday in the federal court in Dallas, 7-Eleven said Nike’s upcoming Air Max 95 shoe features a “confusingly similar imitation” of the company’s tri-color stripe branding, which it says consumers associate with the 7-Eleven brand.
Tesla filed Megapod TM for artificial intelligence infrastructure
Tesla filed an intent-to-use trademark for “Megapod,” describing a turnkey, self-contained modular AI data center hardware system. Reports suggest that Tesla has quietly filed a trademark application for something called the “Megapod.” As spotted in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filings, the name points to a massive, self-contained AI data center building block.
Lionel Richie has filed a trademark to protect his voice, two months after Taylor Swift did the same.American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie has filed for trademarks to protect the sound of his voice, including his well-known song lyric, “Hello, is it me you’re looking for?” Billboard reports that the disco and pop ballad hitmaker filed four applications at the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday (11 June).
