Showing posts with label The Hells Angels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hells Angels. Show all posts

Sunday, November 25, 2018

How to Crush an Outlaw Biker Club: Seize Its … Logo?; The New York Times, November 21, 2018

Serge F. Kovaleski, The New York Times; How to Crush an Outlaw Biker Club: Seize Its … Logo?

"The Mongols’ marks, like those of other biker groups, are registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Clubs have aggressively protected their patches from unauthorized use.

The Hells Angels have gone after large corporations including Toys “R” Us, the Alexander McQueen fashion line, Amazon, Saks, and Walt Disney, accusing them of infringement on its death’s head logo — a skull in a winged helmet — and other club symbols.

They have usually been successful, reaching settlements that require defendants to cease using the trademarks and to recall and destroy merchandise, among other concessions."