by Madan Law | Aug 3, 2023 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Madan Law, Trademarks, USPTO
The “Taco Tuesday” trademark tiff between Taco John’s and Taco Bell has come to an end! Since 1989, Taco John’s, a fast-food chain from Wyoming, has owned the federally registered trademark for “Taco Tuesday”. This past May, Taco Bell challenged Taco John’s trademark...
by Madan Law | Jun 8, 2023 | Business Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property
This past January, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published a proposed rule (an “NPRM”) on its website, which would effectively prohibit non-competition clauses (“non-competes”) in certain instances. The proposed rule would make it an “unfair method of...
by Madan Law | May 5, 2023 | Intellectual Property, Madan Law, Trademarks, Uncategorized, USPTO
Hundreds of thousands of trademark application are filed each year, and that number has continued to increase at a substantial rate. Unfortunately for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and its applicants, along with the increase in filed...
by Madan Law | Apr 27, 2023 | Intellectual Property, Madan Law, Trademarks
“Champagne” Wars The Comité Champagne, a joint trade association for the Champagne industry, took serious issue with Miller High Life’s slogan and requested the destruction of an entire shipment of the beers bound for Germany, arguing that the label “The Champagne of...
by Madan Law | Apr 19, 2023 | Intellectual Property, Madan Law
Can an email exchange really be considered a binding contract? The short answer is yes. According to The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, an email exchange may act as a legally binding contract so long as its context and function align with...
by Madan Law | Mar 6, 2023 | Intellectual Property, Madan Law, Trademarks, USPTO
Grammy-winner Marshall B. Mathers III, better known as Eminem, recently took legal action to protect his trademark rights by filing a notice of opposition to block the trademark application for “Reasonably Shady”. Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon, cast members of Real...
