In-N-Out makes burgers beloved by many, but they also have a rep for making sure no one else makes a burger like them--or at least calls it by the same name. Famously protective of their menu and aesthetics, the SoCal chain has asked a nearly 40-year-old Manhattan Beach eatery to take the burger they're calling a Double Double off their menu. more ›

Aberdeen, Maryland's Grab-N-Go burger has gone all "how dare you?!" after SoCal burger chain In-N-Out Burger slapped them with a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement. An exec for the burger joint, Gus Siperko, says the folks at Grab-N-Go "are really rather livid over this." more ›

If you thought it seemed a bit presumptuous on the part of Disney to file for trademark rights for the name "SEAL Team 6" a day after the elite Navy unit killed Osama bin Laden earlier this month, you weren't alone. Disney has withdrawn its application for rights to the name after the Navy stepped in to request that it keep the trademark, reports The Sacramento Bee. more ›

To be noted in the bloody annals of opportunistic franchising, The Walt Disney Company filed trademark applications on May 3, 2011 for “Seal Team 6,” the name of the Navy SEAL special forces team that killed Osama Bin Laden on May 1, 2011, reports Fishbowl NY. more ›

A Pasadena-based ministry with a short-stack of outposts in California and Missouri has had a lawsuit brought against them by a famous Glendale-based pancake restaurant dropped, according to the News-Press. The International House of Pancakes is no longer pursuing a suit accusing the Pasadena International House of Prayer of trademark infringement, and will work out a resolution outside the courtroom in mediation. more ›

It was a matchup that had to be played out in the Supreme Court and not the Coliseum, but the University of Southern California emerged triumphant over the University of South Carolina. The prize--not a coveted trophy or ring--is the rights to the interlocking letters of "SC," as determined by a ruling in a trademark case, according to the LA Times. more ›

The Dodgers have come a long way since Brooklyn. Having traded the Brooklyn trolleys for the Dodger Stadium Express, the only thing LA Dodger fans may be dodging in the near future may be search warrants from the anti-counterfeiting unit. more ›

Nadya Suleman wants to cash in on her media bestowed sobriquet "Octomom" for products such as clothing and for use on Television, according to documents obtained by The Smoking Gun. She filed two applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week, costing her $825. Also, records show that of all streets names in the world, she happens to live on Madonna Lane in La Habra. more ›

Trojan protection comes in many forms. Now legally tipped: "College colors are now slightly more protected by trademark law: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Louisiana State, Ohio State, Southern Cal [that's douchebag sports announcer speak for USC], and the University of Oklahoma in a case involving T-shirts that used the colors but not the names or logos of major college football programs," US News' Paper Trail blog says via Inside Higher Ed. "The four schools sued Smack Apparel Co. over concerns that its designs could be mistaken for university-sanctioned merchandise." more ›

Poor Paul Sunich. First he lost his monkey. Now he's lost his middle name. Costa Mesa-based Paul Frank Sunich, creator of the ubiquitous Julius the Monkey icon, can no longer put his name on T-shirts, according to a 16-page ruling yesterday by an Orange County U.S. District Court judge. Paul Frank Industries (PFI) prevailed in a trademark infringement lawsuit against the designer, who last year after a falling-out with the company he co-founded ten years... more ›

According to an article in today's New York Sun, Boll is being sued by the New York Post Co. for trademark infringement. Whither the scuff up? more ›