There are a number of famous colors that are trademark-protected – such as the color brown, which is registered by UPS, and the color “robin egg blue”, which is registered by Tiffany
3M is accusing a New Jersey company of violating federal trademark law by reselling the company’s N95 masks at drastically increased prices, one of the first major trademark lawsuits stemming directly from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a complaint filed Friday in Manhattan federal court, 3M claims Performance Supply LLC offered to sell millions of the masks to New York City at a “grossly inflated” cost of more than 500% the actual price.
Price gouging: 便乗値上げ
Causes of Action(訴因): Federal trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition, false endorsement, false association, false designation of origin, and false advertising; New York deceptive acts and practices, false advertising, dilution and injury to business reputation, trademark infringement, and unfair competition.
タンパベイ・バッカニアーズ入りが現実のものとなった時、トム・ブレイディの代理人は少なくとも1つの商標権を確保しようとすぐに動いた。彼のグループは他にもいくつかの商標をブランドに追加しようとしている。商標代理人のジョシュ・ガーベンによると、ブレイディの会社である『TEB Capital Management(TEBキャピタル・マネジメント)』が2つの商標――“Tompa Bay(トンパ・ベイ)”と“Tampa Brady(タンパ・ブレイディ)”の登録を出願したということだ。
Свои инновации патентуют не только компании, напрямую связанные с технологиями, как, например, часовые или автомобильные, но и модные бренды. Так, среди патентов, имеющихся у производителя обуви Geox (а их у бренда уже 35), подошва Amphibiox с водо- и воздухонепроницаемой мембраной. Патентом защищены материалы Loro Piana, в частности Lotus Flower, который делают из лотоса.
Application filed in US ranges from awards to clothing to a health website. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appear to be planning a wide-ranging non-profit empire, including websites, films and their own awards, according to trademark applications lodged in the US under the name of Archewell.