Travel center chain Buc-ee's is pushing back on allegations of trademark bullying from Teddy's Market in a Georgia federal lawsuit that Buc-ee's filed against the convenience store rival, asking a judge to throw out six counterclaims challenging its trademark enforcement and registrations.

Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2026Time: 15:00–16:00 CETLocation:– Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam – Room A5.24– Online via Zoom.See also the flyer. The relationship betwe...

An Etsy seller says the online retailer removed his listings for T-shirts with the word "bruh" after the person who holds a Canadian trademark for it complained. One legal expert worries that the cost...

Elon Musk's X Corp convinced a Delaware federal judge on Thursday to preliminarily block social media startup ​Operation Bluebird from using the Twitter name and other Twitter-related marks for ‌its p...

Table of Contents Introduction 1. Trademarks with Substantial Inherent Value 2. When Do Trademark and Free Speech Rights Conflict? 3. A Free Speech Framework for Trademark Law 4. Trademark Registratio...

Texas-based Buc-ee’s now operates in at least a dozen states, which are primarily Republican-leaning or conservative

Let’s bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing great books! The inaugural KPBS San Diego Book Festival on the University of San Diego campus is a fre...

A California federal judge Tuesday granted Lady Gaga's bid to toss a surf and lifestyle brand's lawsuit accusing her of infringing a "Mayhem" mark on her merchandise, saying the brand failed to suffic...

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Jack Daniel’s Properties’ Inc.'s loss in its trademark case over a whiskey-bottle-shaped dog toy with fecal puns set a high new standard for thwarting low-brow trademark imitations.

Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc.'s famous trademarks weren’t tarnished by a whiskey bottle-shaped dog toy’s poop puns, the Ninth Circuit ruled.

The string of lawsuits Buc-ee's Ltd. has filed against businesses it says mimic its popular beaver branding has caught the attention of comedian John Oliver, who unveiled a bucktoothed "Buc-Off" masco...

I will admit it's always a special kind of fun when a topic we cover here at Techdirt gets the John Oliver treatment. He and his writing team generally gets things right, which helps. And I'm not saying that Oliver and his crew are definitely Techdirt readers, but, well, hi John and crew! Readers here...

An anonymous X account posted a detailed breakdown of chatbot text in 38 popular stories inspired by the hockey romance. The fandom spiraled.

“(We’re) excited about the future we’re building together,” Mayor Todd Gloria said.

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by ​canned-coffee maker Rise Brewing to hold PepsiCo liable for alleged trademark infringement ‌concerning Pepsi's morning energy drink "Mtn Dew R...

Patagonia Inc., the outdoor apparel brand known for its pro-environment stance, is embroiled in a trademark dispute with drag queen and climate activist Pattie Gonia in what could become a PR nightmar...

The NO FAKES Act, a proposed federal law that would ban AI-powered voice cloning and deepfakes, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The lawsuit comes as fashion and beauty brands increasingly experiment with AI-generated tools in their marketing efforts.

One internet commenter dubbed the taped-over bottles the “Epstein file condiments.”

Trademark lawyers aren't convinced the suit would hold up in court.

Major publishing houses and bestselling author Scott Turow have sued Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging Meta used pirated copyrighted works…

Speaker: Lisa P. Ramsey, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law Professor Lisa P. Ramsey, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law and an expert on trademark

Last month, I had the privilege of testifying in an unusually substantive and (mostly) collegial hearing about the law known as Section 230. This is the first of several posts excerpting portions of m...

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Viacom International Inc. v. Zeus Networks, LLC et al, No. 1:2025cv00973 - Document 59 (S.D.N.Y. 2026) case opinion from the Southern District of New York U.S. Federal District Court

The Take It Down Act makes it a federal crime to publish nonconsensual deepfakes.

Before stepping into a law school classroom, Maya Budhrani heard the warning: Law school is nothing like being a lawyer.As a first-generation law student, Budhrani relied heavily on outreach and self-...

Perplexity AI has urged the Ninth Circuit to scrap an injunction blocking the startup's artificial intelligence tool Comet from purchasing items on Amazon.com, arguing the lower court made numerous er...

A Connecticut federal judge Thursday found that Lego competitor Zuru infringed Lego's copyright and trademark rights for its Minifigure line, rejecting Zuru's arguments that the registrations were inv...

A California federal judge has thrown out a suit brought by Pepperdine University accusing Netflix and Warner Bros. of infringing trademarks via a fictional basketball team in the TV show "Running Poi...

Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy was one of the few skeptics at the Runway AI Summit, where AI was compared to fire and the printing press just a week after Sora’s death.

Taylor Swift’s famously vigorous protection of her intellectual property has put her in an ironic position: Her bid to protect the title of her latest album hurts her ability to use a free-speech defe...

A few people (eg Edward Lee) have asked me what I think about this trademark dispute by Condé Nast (owner of Vogue magazine) against the seller of “Dogue” magazine featuring dogs. It is difficult to p...

Here is a link to the district court's order in the NCAA/DraftKings lawsuit denying the NCAA's request for a temporary restraining order: https://lnkd.in/gXbF9xv3 The court declined to grant the TRO...

First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz…