#trademark-infringement

#trademark-infringement

In the complaint, obtained by Pitchfork, lawyers for Chrome Hearts outline the brand's ownership "of the CHROME HEARTS® word mark, and composite trademarks comprising the CHROME HEARTS mark and design components," dating back to 1991. They argue that Young and his bandmates are infringing upon the brand's trademark by selling "Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts" (NYTCH) merchandise that "incorporates the exact CHROME HEARTS® word mark and is thus likely to cause confusion with Chrome Hearts' various Chrome Hearts Marks."

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.