Velvet Underground sued the Andy Warhol Foundation over improper use of their iconic banana album cover

Arguably the most popular college football player of the past season, LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu, possesses a potent nickname to go along with his superstar image. Yet ardent fans are having a tough time trying to buy “Honey Badger” products after LSU’s Compliance Office clamped down on their proliferation.

Starbucks, after two previous lower court defeats and two successful appeals, has lost its last battle against the makers of Charbucks coffee.

The owner of the Atlanta Braves objected to the PTO over Disney registering “Brave” as the title of its next Pixar movie. It seems ridiculous to argue consumers would confuse the movie with the baseball team, but maybe the baseball team owner is just trying to not abandon its mark.

Suit over Twitter Account Raises Questions of Ownership and Worth of Social Media

Recent publications and findings regarding China’s intellectual property rights regime indicates a trend toward greater protection.

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has filed a $4 million lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch claiming that the company’s t-shirts bearing “The Fitchuation” and “GTL. . . You Know The Deal” infringe on his trademarks.

Last week Merck KGaA asked a federal court to order Facebook Inc. to explain how the German drug manufacturer lost its page to a competitor.  The page in controversy has been assigned to Merck KGaA’s …

The New Hawaiian Model: The Native Hawaiian Cultural Trademark Movement and the Quest for Intellectual Property Rights to Protect and Preserve Native Hawaiian Culture. Published in Volume 3, Issue 2 of the American University Intellectual Property Brief.

In another example of over-zealous trademark protection, the NCAA goes after a Boston area restaurant competition.