Pudgy Penguins Hit With Trademark Suit Over Merch
Original Penguin's parent company sued Pudgy Penguins for trademark infringement related to their clothing merchandise.Summary
PEI Licensing, the company behind the Original Penguin clothing brand, has filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court against the NFT project Pudgy Penguins for trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition. The suit alleges that Pudgy Penguins' apparel uses "a family of penguin trademarks that are confusingly similar" to PEI's federally registered marks, which PEI claims to have used since the 1950s and 1960s. PEI Licensing previously sent a cease and desist letter to Pudgy Penguins in October 2023, demanding they stop using the marks and abandon related USPTO registration applications. PEI is seeking a court order to reject Pudgy Penguins' applications, stop the alleged infringement, order the destruction of infringing products, and award PEI all profits from those sales. Pudgy Penguins responded to the suit by posting a meme suggesting their brand is dissimilar to Original Penguin.
(Source：Cointelegraph)