It’s never a good idea to buy something, take it to an artist, and say, “Please make some changes to this, and then make it similar — but not the same — as what I’m giving you.” Unfortunately, that’s part of the fact pattern for defendant in Desire, LLC vs. Manna Textiles (“Manna”) was tried…

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In Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG, Bayer’s competitor filed in the USPTO an application for the trademark FLANAX, which Bayer had registered in Mexico but not in the States. In response to Bayer’s cease and desist demand, Belmora sued for a declaration that its registration was valid. Back in 2014, an enterprising competitor called Belmora…

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