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Oxford City vs Oxford T-Shirt Company for Trademark Infringement

from brand website: www.oxfordtshirtco.com

A Chancery Court judge ordered Oxford T-shirt Co. to stop selling products advertising the Double Decker Arts Festival. The City of Oxford filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, claiming Oxford T-shirt City Official insisted that Oxford T-shirt had committed trademark infringement by selling the Double Decker Items.

from @Oxford T-shirt co. official Facebook 

The city attorneys sent a letter to Mike and Bridge Tatum on Monday to demand the company stop selling the products related to the Double Decker festival.

However, according to City officials, Oxford T-Shirt ignored the order, and were still selling the merchandises and even advertising the T-shirts on their official Facebook page on Monday night.

The city insists that even though the company did not use the identical words of trademark, “injunctive relief is appropriate where the meaning is so similar that under the circumstances its use reasonably calculated to deceive and result in injury.”

In north Mississippi "Double Decker" has held a special meaning for over 20 years. 

The temporary restraining order will be effective until May 5th.

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http://www.oxfordeagle.com/2017/04/25/city-files-lawsuit-against-t-shirt-company-for-trademark-infrigment/

MARS sues CHOCOLATIER for Trademark Infringement

www.madison.com

 Syovata Edari was at peace after she quit her career as a criminal attorney last year and open her own chocolatier. But that was changed when she knew that candymaker Mars Inc., filed trademark infringement claim against her and her chocolate company, "CocoVaa".

CocoaVia is a supplement made by Mars Symbioscience

@Cocoavia

MARS Claimed that "CocoVaa" is too similar to MARS' "CocoaVia" product, a diertary and nutritional supplement.
“It’s like connecting a vitamin with a candy. Their names might be similar but they just don’t go together,” Trademark attorney Craig Fieschko said. “It’s like Delta. There’s Delta faucets, Delta Airlines, Delta Dental. Nobody connects them.”

Mars’ lawyer did not return a request for comment. Fieschko said that making the suit very expensive for Edari could be part of why Mars didn’t contest her trademark during the 30-day window.

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www.madison.com