Mayor Mike Duggan's administration is suing the owner of four McDonald's franchises in Detroit for trademark infringement for misrepresenting the fast-food restaurants as part of the city's Project Green Light real-time crime monitoring system when they are not.Detroit sued ECS…
In this age of social media marketing, what's in a name? A client of our public relations agency recently asked our opinion on whether or not the company should use a small trademark ("™") or registered trademark ("®") notation following…
Clothing brand Levi Strauss has accused Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) of undertaking the “illegal activities” of trademark infringement and dilution, in a lawsuit centring on Levi Strauss’s famous ‘Tab device’ mark. The complaint, filed at the US District Court for…
A relation between Social Media and a Hashtag The word or phrase Hashtag is preceded by a hash sign (#) highly used on social media websites and applications to identify messages on a specific topic. Mainly it is used for…
November 4, 2018 Anna Hubbel, writer at AdvertiseMint, Facebook ad agency You just got home from a long day at the office. You’ve had a very productive day working on your brand’s digital marketing strategy for multiple online platforms. You…
"Dr. Dre is not a medical doctor nor is he qualified to provide any type of medical services" - who knew? Dr. Dre has lost a trademark infringement battle with a gynaecologist who wanted to trademark his name as Dr.…