9/15/2025 3:13:44 PM Will This Elephant Fly Away? By Maarten Haak Impossible Foods cannot block the registration of the device of a flying elephant and the words IMPOSSIBLE BAKERS as an EU mark, so the...
10/15/2024 2:48:12 PM ELON and ELTON: Trademark Conflict or Not? By Maarten Haak Finally another decision that simply assumes a likelihood of confusion. The EUIPO Board of Appeal grants the opposition by the earlier...
7/10/2024 1:16:28 AM Sponsored Links in Brazil: Will Courts Ban Them? By Bruna Rego Lins A recent decision by the São Paulo State Court of Appeals in the case between Via S/A (“Via”) and Magazine Luiza S/A (“Magazine Luiza”)...
4/17/2024 5:21:09 PM Copyright Counseling and Protection: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit By Linda Zirkelbach By Justin E. Pierce & Linda J. Zirkelbach Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which...
8/6/2023 6:29:22 PM Do Consumers Think That "Texas Pete" Hot Sauce is Made in Texas? By Jeff Greenbaum T.W. Garner Food Co. makes "Texas Pete" hot sauce. The product label includes a cartoon image of a cowboy throwing a lasso as well as a...
3/27/2023 4:06:43 PM Europe - Will An EU trademark Be Registered If It Contains 'F*cking'? By Maarten Haak Should a mark including the particle 'fucking' be registered as a trademark? Or is such sign contrary to accepted principles of morality?...
3/1/2023 12:33:38 AM Throwing Shade at Slim Shady? Eminem’s Opposition to the TM Registration for “Reasonably Shady” By Brian Murphy Kimberly Maynard May I have your attention, please? Shadeshady are glorious words, with rich history and evolving, overlapping and metaphorical meanings....
2/25/2023 10:23:27 PM Jury Awards Six-Figure Damages to Hermès in First Major NFT Decision By Jacklyn Siegel A recent jury verdict in a closely watched case filed by French luxury fashion brand Hermès clarified how traditional trademark law can...
2/23/2023 3:40:36 AM Top 10 Issues for 2023 By Allison Fitzpatrick James Johnston Paavana Kumar Brooke Singer Louis DiLorenzo Alexa Meera Singh +3 more... Show less The top advertising and marketing issues this year are largely focused on one theme: Protection. Marketers will need to be aware of...
2/1/2023 2:40:55 PM Can an Advertisement Mock a Fictional Character Like Zorro? By Ernesto Apa Chiara Marchisotti The Supreme Court of Cassation delivers a momentous decision on parody as an exception to copyright and trademark Decision No....
12/9/2022 4:04:15 PM SodaStream: CJEU on Exhaustion of Trademark Rights in Refilled and Relabeled Gas Bottles By Maarten Haak Can one refill a refillable SODASTREAM carbonated gas bottle and put one’s own label on it, while the engraved brand SODASTREAM also...
12/5/2022 9:14:08 PM Soccer and NFTS: The First NFT-Related Judgment in Italy By Lydia Mendola On July 19, 2022, the Court of Rome issued the first order concerning Non-Fungible-Tokens (“NFTs”) ever published by the Italian courts –...
7/5/2022 4:27:42 PM Use of a Trademark by an Online Service Provider: AG Szpunar’s Opinion in the Louboutin/Amazon Case By Chiara Marchisotti This article has been written in collaboration with Marianna Riedo Advocate General Maciej Szpunar issued his opinion in Joint Cases No....
5/18/2022 1:08:26 PM Hopelessly Devoted to Fair Use: District Court Holds that Vape is Parody of Grease By Brian Murphy Sketchworks Comedy is the producer of Vape, a play advertised as a "millennial parody" of Grease. (You can watch Vape's trailer here.)...
8/18/2021 5:38:09 PM You're Invited: "Evolving Restrictions on the Use of Corporate Branding" By Jeff Greenbaum The International Advertising Association, in cooperation with the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance, is hosing a webinar, "Evolving...
7/29/2021 2:56:48 PM Trademarks "Eco-friendly" What's New in Poland? By Ewa Skrzydlo-Tefelska Recent research indicates that the eco-cosmetics segment in Poland grew by 39% between July 2019 and June 2020 while the product range...