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Are they industry specific? Monster Energy has a history of suing for trademark infringement over the word "Monster" in video game titles. Companies have caved
by galleywest200 4y ago
Are they industry specific? Monster Energy has a history of suing for trademark infringement over the word "Monster" in video game titles. Companies have caved to their requests. Unsure if that was due to validity or lack of willing to pay legal fees.
https://news.yahoo.com/monster-energy-tried-pok-mon-224500250.html https://news.yahoo.com/monster-energy-tried-pok-mon-22450025...
- kube-system 4y agoYes, they are definitely industry specific. Which is why both Best Buy and your grocery store can sell Apples. Monster has been involved in esports previously. https://www.monsterenergy.com/gaming https://www.monsterenergy.com/gaming
- ska 4y agoYes, they are. Sometimes the lines become problematic. A famous example is Apple Computer and Apple Corps (the Beatles music holding company) with a long history of arguing about lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
- kalleboo 4y agoWhat is it with companies named Monster and over-reaching trademark lawsuits? I remember the days when Monster Cable sued monster.com, Disney (Monsters, Inc), some tiny mini golf outfit...