Celebrity chef David Chang is taking heat from fellow Asian food producers from chefs to smaller consumer packaged food brands who say they are disappointed by how he's chosen to try to enforce his trademark on a widely consumed, beloved chili crisp condiment, Chili Crunch. Lawyers for Chang, the chef and founder of the Momofuku empire of restaurants and grocery goods, recently sent cease-and-desist letters to small, independent companies using the terms "chili crunch" and "chile crunch" on their products, which Chang's lawyers argued infringes on Momofuku's trademark rights, The Guardian first reported earlier this month. Chili crisp is typically made with roasted chili-infused oil with crispy bits of fried garlic, onion, spices and herbs.
After Cube Entertainment prohibited them from using the original name once they left the label, BEAST, now known as HIGHLIGHT, finally won trademark rights to use it again.
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German car manufacturer Audi won a case defending its trademark rights to the carmaker's badge against a Polish car parts trader at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday. "A car manufacturer can prohibit the use of a sign identical or similar to the trademark it owns for spare parts," the ECJ said in a court press release. Audi took a case against the Polish car parts trader, GQ, for selling non-original radiator grills adapted for old Audi car models with a component similar to an Aud
The role of cities in environmental regulation; Edmund Burke’s and James Madison’s views on violent revolution; and to what extent “thoughtfulness,” or human intelligence and reflection, should be factored into the rule of law these are a few of the topics NYU Law faculty members tackled in books they published in the past year. They also authored casebooks on topics ranging from tax to copyright to environmental law.