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S News | Swatch Sue Samsung for

Trademark Infringement
Swiss watchmaker, Swatch Group has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York against Samsung Electronics
Co and Samsung Electronics America Inc for trademark infringement.
The plaintiff allege that the defendants infringed upon its trademark on the
design of some downloadable watchfaces for Gear-line smartwatches.
The plaintiff claims that the marks used in some downloadable watchfaces
distributed by Samsung is similar to the Swatch trademark which has
caused a whole lot of damages, unfair competition and unfair business
practice.
“This unabashed copying of the Trademarks can have only one purpose – to
trade off the fame, reputation, and goodwill of the Swatch Group
Companies’ products and marks built painstakingly over decades,” Swatch
Group said.
The plaintiff argues that the marks that is infringed is exclusively owned by
Swatch group brands including Longines, Omega, Swatch, and Tissot.
According to the lawsuit, the case was filed in the United States because
that was where its trademarks were registered and where apps for
Samsung’s Gear Sport, Gear, S3 Classic and Frontier watches could
download watch face designs that infringed its trademarks.
“This is a blatant, wilful and international violation of our trademarks by
Samsung,” a Swatch spokesman said.
Swatch seeks trail and payment of more than $100 million in damages.
 U.S News | Besweet Creations Sue Trureflections over Gummy Bear Trademark
Infringement
This week, a Florida-based vitamin company, Besweet Creations has filed a
lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida against a
Texan rival, Trureflections for trademark infringement over its line of “vitamin
gummies”.
The plaintiff owns the ‘Sugarbearhair’ brand of hair vitamin products which was
registered in 2015 with registration number US number 5,033,503.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff claims that they have used the registered
mark in marketing a line of vitamin products, including hair vitamins and have
invested significant resources into developing its brad which presently has earned
goodwill and a great reputation.
The plaintiff allege that Trureflections copied its signature gummy bear design
and the decorative bottle without authorization.
The plaintiff allege that the infringement has caused damages, confusion and
unfair competition.
Besweet is seeking damages for wilful infringement of its mark and false
designation of origin, and an injunction preventing Trureflections from
continuing to use the gummy bear design, as well as a ruling forcing
Trureflections to pay for corrective advertising.
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Besweet Creations Vs Trureflections
Court - US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date of Filing - February 25, 2019
Cause – Infringement
Case – Trademark Infringement