by Madan Law | Oct 26, 2017 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
Photo Credit: www.google.com Has Google become a verb? The Supreme Court thinks no. On October 19th, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the 9th Circuit’s decision in the Elliot v. Google ruling that Google had not become a generic term used by the public to...
by Madan Law | Oct 4, 2017 | Branding, Intellectual Property
Actress Jessica Alba started The Honest Company six years ago, after her daughter got welts from the baby laundry detergent, she was using to wash her daughter’s clothing. She has built a billion dollar business with her HONEST line known for its natural, organic,...
by Madan Law | Aug 10, 2017 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademarks
Amazon hopes to trademark the glowing blue ring of its Echo device. The blue ring is recognized as the face of Alexa, the intelligent personal assistant and voice of the Echo, and lights up when she’s listening, thinking, and speaking. Amazon filed the trademark...
by Madan Law | Jul 19, 2017 | Intellectual Property, Trademarks
Chicago-based chewing gum company, Wrigley, is suing an electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) company, Chi-Town Vapers, for using its trademarked brands, Juicy Fruit and Doublemint, to market their e-liquid flavors. Chi-Town Vapers was selling Dbl Mint E-Liquid and...
by Madan Law | Jul 13, 2017 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
Mars Inc. is a global manufacturer of many popular food products, especially candy. They are most known for their Twix and Snickers chocolate bars; Big Red, Orbit, and Doublemint gum; and Starburst and Skittles candies. Did you know that they also sold supplements?...
by Madan Law | Jul 12, 2017 | Intellectual Property, Patent
Teenagers with a patent pending?! Susana Cappello, Carolina Baigorri, and Victoria Roca are high school students from Miami, Florida. When Susana heard students at her sister’s college were being drugged, she and two friends wanted to create something to alert girls...