#trademark-infringement

#trademark-infringement

In a statement, Made in Britain said it had become aware that Reform UK was using a logo it believes to be "substantially similar" to its registered mark across marketing materials and merchandise. The organisation stressed that no authorisation, licence or consent had been granted for such use. Made in Britain said it maintains a strictly neutral political stance and does not endorse, support or affiliate with any political party or movement.

Lighthouse is a phishing software service described in the lawsuit [PDF] as a "phishing for dummies" kit. Criminals pay a monthly subscription fee for access to hundreds of templates for fake websites, domain set-up tools for those phony sites, and other features designed to dupe victims into believing they are visiting a legitimate website. The crims use these sites to trick victims into entering their financial info and other sensitive details, which the crooks then steal.

"Getty Images sued Stability AI in the UK back in January 2023, alleging a host of legal violations including primary and secondary infringement under UK copyright law, database right infringement, trademark infringement and passing off. Getty's claims focused on the Stable Diffusion deep learning AI model, which is trained by repeated exposure to massive data stores to transform written user prompts into synthesized images."

Welcome to Deep Dish, a weekly roundup of food and entertainment news. Last week we discussed how there might be lead in your protein powder. Grocery behemoth Trader Joe's and jam giant Smucker are beefing right now. The subject of their tiff? PB&Js. More specifically, Smucker is suing Trader Joe's for allegedly copying their trademarked Uncrustables by launching their own Crustless Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Sandwiches.

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The J.M. Smucker Co. is suing Trader Joe's, alleging the grocery chain's new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker's Uncrustables in their design and packaging. In the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court in Ohio, Smucker said the round, crustless sandwiches Trader Joe's sells have the same pie-like crimp markings on their edges that Uncrustables do.

In the complaint, Twenty One Pilots accuse Temu of manufacturing and selling a "myriad of items that are counterfeit or blatant copies" of their merchandise and other intellectual property. The lawsuit alleges this creates an "implied relationship" between Twenty One Pilots and Temu, which constitutes "unfair competition" that devalues the band's brand. As evidence, the complaint includes dozens of pages of photos comparing official merch to the alleged counterfeit products sold on Temu. One example features an official $35 Twenty One Pilots t-shirt alongside a strikingly similar replica sold on Temu for $7.54.

Nintendo later filed a complaint against the accessory maker in May over alleged "trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising." Nintendo said it didn't provide Genki with technical Switch 2 specifications, and alleged that Genki either "unlawfully or illicitly obtained an authentic Nintendo Switch 2" prior to the console's public release, or "cannot claim compatibility with enough certainty to make its advertising claims in good faith."

The lawsuit alleges that after the acquisition, Chobani altered an existing cold brew product to mimic an existing Stok cold brew product by using a similar golden yellow color and the descriptors "light roast" and "Bright & Mellow."

"We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the Patent Office during prosecution."

At the heart of this bitter legal wrangling is a big idea: we shouldn't need to stare at computer or phone screens or talk to a box like Amazon's Alexa to interact with our future AI assistants in a natural way.