Category: Trademark Enforcement

Two “twisted sisters,” Sandra Russell and Nancy Hansen, operate Twisted Sisters Coffee Shop in Mission, Kansas.  They were shocked to receive a letter from a lawyer representing John French, the founding member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister.  The letter alleged that the sisters infringed on French’s trademark because their use of “Twisted Sisters” […]

Last week, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed a claim of trademark infringement brought against Apple by Black Tower Press. Black Tower alleged that Apple infringed on its use of “ibooks” because Black Tower and its predecessor had been publishing books under […]

Warner Brothers was sued for trademark infringement and copyright infringement by the creators of video-based internet memes Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat. These two videos have been viewed over 245,000,000 times, collectively. Keyboard Cat is a 54 second video uploaded to YouTube in 2007 that shows a cat playing a keyboard. Staring in the video, […]