Snap Interactive, quietly settling with Snap over trademark infringement, changes name to PeerStream

 Back in 2016 after Snapchat rebranded the company name to Snap Inc to reflect its status as a camera company and more than just Snapchat, an existing publicly-traded business by the name of Snap Interactive filed a trademark infringement lawsuit to bar the change. Snap Interactive’s concern: it was already distributing social network apps and using the name Snap in association with… Read More

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Wu-Tang Clan member goes after pun-loving dog walkers

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Not everyone likes a pun, especially RZA.

The Wu-Tang Clan member, otherwise known as Robert Diggs, is taking legal action against a Brooklyn dog-walking company for violating the hip hop group’s copyright with their name, reports the The New York Daily News.

Woof-Tang Clan, which operates out of Brooklyn, has been accused of using an appropriation of the Staten Island group’s name and logo.

Diggs has owned the “Wu-Tang” and “Wu-Tang Clan” trademarks since Feb. 24, 2009, but Woof-Tang Clan filed for its own trademark on June 8, 2017. According to recently filed court papers unpacked by the Daily News, Diggs says this is a violation of his registered trademarks, and that the group’s name and logo have been “unmistakably associated” with the group since the 1990s. Read more…

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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic is protecting his good name from other, terrible Als

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You have been officially warned: do not come for “Weird Al” Yankovic, especially if you’re attempting to come for other Als. 

The parody master has officially distanced himself from the likes of Al Franken, Al Pacino, and other Als when Yankovic filed a trademark application for his stage name “Weird Al” earlier this year. Just last week the move was officially approved—right on time, too, considering the sexual assault allegations that have circled Franken recently.

If you really feel compelled to insult Franken, Sharpton, Gore, Roker, or Pacino… PLEASE CHOOSE A DIFFERENT NICKNAMEpic.twitter.com/RTfTTQaWkE

— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) November 20, 2017 Read more…

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