RICHMOND, Va. — The Washington Redskins are defending their federal trademark registration by listing many companies with offensive names that the government has approved. Among the registered names cited by the NFL team are Take Yo Panties Off and Dago ...

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Six months after a federal judge threw out an Ocean City-based trademark lawsuit over the term “Shorebilly” and cancelled the plaintiff’s mark, the prevailing party is still seeking to have a $30,000 judgment satisfied while also questioning the legality of the ...

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A lawsuit already involving Comedy Central star Jeff Dunham and inflammatory puppets couldn’t stand to get much juicier. And then Clint Eastwood got involved. Well, not really — or at least not yet — but that’s the latest twist in ...

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An anti-abortion group did not infringe upon the NAACP’s trademark by referring to the venerable Baltimore-based black civil rights group as the “National Association for the Abortion of Colored People” in an online article, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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A popular Puerto Rican singer-songwriter has filed suit against a local Spanish-language radio station, alleging the station deliberately canceled his appearance at a concert last summer but still used his name and image to promote the event. Don Omar is seeking at least $9 million for breach of contract from WLZL-FM, also known as El Zol 107.9, according to the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

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The end of the General Assembly's legislative session means some lawmakers will take a vacation while others will go back to their day jobs. For Sen. Stephen S. Hershey Jr., Sine Die means the Eastern Shore Republican will finally have a chance to end a trademark infringement lawsuit over his campaign signs.

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"March Madness" is a week away -- unless you are a business trying to use the term for marketing purposes.

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A federal judge has not only thrown out an Ocean City-based trademark lawsuit over the use of the word “Shorebilly” but ordered the trademark at issue be canceled.

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Tom Clancy figuratively trademarked the military novel, spawning hit movies and video games. Now, lawyers for his estate want literally to trademark his name.

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Spider-Man, X-Men and The Hulk will loom large in a federal appeals court Tuesday as a Colorado company battles with Disney for the rights to Marvel's iconic comic book characters in a longtime dispute.

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