Supplement companies with valuable trademarks should heed the advice of Jennifer Diaz, International Trade lawyer at Becker & Poliakoff (pictured left). The purpose of recording a trademark or copyright with U.S. Customs is to partner with U.S. Customs to prevent the unauthorized importation of merchandise which bears a recorded trademark or copyright. U.S. Customs prevents [...]
Norm Rich of Foley has penned two excellent articles on trademarks and service marks entitled Strength and value of US trademarks and service marks and Selecting trademarks and service marks that maximize protection and value on Nutraingredients-USA.com. The articles provide some useful guidelines for choosing arbitrary/fanciful marks or suggestive marks for optimal infringement protection.
Nature Made is an incontestible trademark owned by supplement powerhouse Pharmavite, LLC. Nature Made is also the #1 selling “broad line” of vitamin and mineral supplements in the United States. The Nature Made brand is carried in practically every major drug store chain and supermarket from sea to shining sea, and is a popular item [...]
JEC Nutrition, marketers of South African hoodia supplement H57 has sued CPMC, marketers of a competing hoodia supplement product that goes by the name X57, for trademark infringement. In an interesting twist related to a prior post on this blog, actor Joe Gannascoli, who plays Vito on the Sopranos, is now endorsing H57. Perhaps this [...]
The Journal News reports that PepsiCo Inc. has agreed to settle with Glaceu and change the packaging of PepsiCo’s SoBe Life Water. As part of the settlement, PepsiCo agreed to change the label and cap used with SoBe Life Water. Both parties declined to comment on any other specific terms, including whether there was monetary [...]
Red Bull GmbH, manufacturer of the popular Red Bull energy drink, has sued Spacefuel Corp. and the owners of Miami nightclub Club Space for trademark and trade dress infringement over the design of the club’s Spacefuel energy drink. For the complaint in Red Bull v. Spacefuel Corp., click here. For the prior post on the [...]
