Mind the Gap: Patagonia Sues Gap For Copying Fleece Design

High-end outdoor clothing brand Patagonia Inc is taking on fast fashion retailer Gap for copying its “iconic” fleece jacket design. Patagonia Inc has filed court proceedings in the Federal Court.

In a complaint filed on 22 November 2022, Patagonia alleges that Gap willfully and deliberately copied the fleece design through the creation and sale of its “Mockneck Pullover” jackets, mimicking the flap pocket and rectangular logo of Patagonia’s classic “Snap-T” fleece jackets (shown below).

Patagonia “Snap-T” Fleece Pullover
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Images taken from Patagonia website at URL: www.patagonia.com and GAP website at URL: www.gap.com.

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The Battle of the Supermarkets – Evergreening of Commerce Marks and Potential Dangerous Religion

Two well-known grocery shops, Tesco and Lidl, are concerned in an ongoing commerce mark dispute (Lidl Nice Britain Restricted v Tesco Shops Restricted [2022] EWHC 1434 (Ch)). Whereas the trial is about to happen in 2023, the current developments in relation to arguments of dangerous religion are noteworthy, particularly for manufacturers engaged in commerce mark refiling, or ‘evergreening’.

The Dispute
Lidl is a price range grocery store that owns various commerce mark registrations for its emblem, together with a figurative mark bearing ‘LIDL’ within the center, and a plain emblem mark with no textual content (see under).

The

Trademark Purposes and Infringements in Germany: The Significance of Potential Revocation and Non-Use

Hamburg, Germany – Not solely identified for its well-known seafood and the third largest European seaport for items and cargo dealing with1but in addition a substantial and noteworthy jurisdiction in relation to the safety and enforcement of commerce mark rights in preliminary proceedings.

The Larger Regional Court docket of Hamburg present in a latest commerce mark dispute in preliminary injunction proceedings (Determination of 29 September 2022 – 5 U 91/21) between the “Deutsche Telekom” (“Deutsche Telekom” (“Claimant”) and the Spanish telecommunication firm “Telefónica” and its German subsidiary (collectively “Defendants”), that the appliance and use

Attorney who challenged Trump’s 2020 loss gives up law license as states weigh disciplining him

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, is…

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license, electing to retire from practicing rather than face possible disbarment. Multiple states have weighed disciplinary him for pushing Trump’s false claims that he defeated Joe Biden.

On Tuesday, Wood asked officials in his home state of Georgia to “retire” his law license in light of “disciplinary proceedings pending against me.” In the request, made in a

A Lidl Decision with big Implications – UK High Court Finds that Tesco’s Clubcard Logo Infringes Lidl’s logo – IP Law Watch

In a recent decision, the High Court of England and Wales has found that Tesco’s use of the yellow and blue Tesco Clubcard logos (reproduced below) infringed Lidl’s trade marks (see the relevant Lidl marks below) and also gave rise to copyright infringement and passing off.

The supermarket chains have been in a battle over the use of their respective signs with a square blue background and yellow circle. For further information on the background to the dispute you can read our previous article here (Lidl Great Britain Limited v Tesco Stores Limited [2022] EWHC 1434 (Ch)).

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ROSEN, A TOP RANKED LAW FIRM, Encourages Alliance Data Systems Corporation n/k/a Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. Investors with Losses to Secure Counsel Before

Published: Jun. 19, 2023 at 12:04 PM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago

NEW YORK, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —

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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Loyalty Ventures Inc. (NASDAQ: LYLT) (OTC: LYLTQ) between November 8, 2021 and June 7, 2022both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important June 26, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline. Loyalty Ventures was created as a result of a November 2021 spinoff from Alliance Data Systems Corporation n/k/a Bread Financial Holdings, Inc., the defendant company

The GOP ‘bribery’ allegations against Biden remain transparently thin

The news release went out on May 3 from the Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee.

“Information provided by a whistleblower raises concerns that then-Vice President Biden was allegedly involved in a bribery scheme with a foreign national,” the alleged, quoting committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).

A letter from Comer and Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) to the FBI, seeking the release of documentation of a June 2020 interview, wasn’t similarly hedged. The document, it is claimed, “describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange

Indianapolis Indians honor Terry Badger III this week with anti-bullying homestand

INDIANAPOLIS – Terry Badger III would’ve loved the Indianapolis Indians’ next homestand, six games against the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, because he loved the Indians, he loved the Cubs, he loved baseball. Playing it, watching it, talking about it, you name it. He was 13. It’s baseball. You get it.

Terry had been to Victory Field before, you know. His Pee Wee league in Covington – a few miles on this side of the Illinois border – named its teams after the Triple-A International League. Terry played on the Mud Hens when he was 4, so when the Mud Hens traveled