Frisbee is a leisure sport in Xian Yi, young and old. It’s wonderful to watch the frisbee thrown by yourself spin in the air, draw a beautiful arc, and then fall into the hands of your companions smoothly. But many sellers may not know that “Frisbee” is a registered trademark, so it cannot be used at will. As early as 2018, the brand initiated a lawsuit, involving more than 1,000 sellers in China. The infringement reason was that the sellers used this common name on the goods. Therefore, we remind sellers not to use the English name easily, and pay attention to avoid the risk of related infringement cases.
Basic information of the case
Time of prosecution: May 15, 2023
Case number: 23-cv-3023
Brand: Wham-O Holding, Ltd
Law firm: keith
Summary of cases in recent two years
Prosecution time, case number, brand of law firm, brand side
2022/5/25 22-cv-2758 Keith Frisbee Wham-O Holding, Ltd.
2022/5/24 22-cv-2741 Keith Frisbee Wham-O Holding, Ltd.
2022/4/26 22-cv-2158 Keith Frisbee Wham-O Holding, Ltd.
2022/4/12 22-cv-1881 Keith Frisbee Wham-O Holding, Ltd.
The latest development of the case
Brand information
In the 19th century, William Russell Frisbie of America was a baker. He founded a pie company and named it after himself, namely Frisbie Pie Company. It is said that the pies produced by the company are very popular with Yale students, so the dormitory is full of metal boxes filled with Frisbie Pie pies. Smart students realize that if these dish-shaped packaging boxes are thrown into the air and guided to rotate, they will fly smoothly in the air. To avoid injury, the thrower will shout “Frisbie!” ” To remind people who are ready to catch it. Many years later, merchants saw that this sport became popular gradually, and began to produce plastic disc-shaped Frisbee, and named it “frisbee”, which has been in use ever since. It is said that more Frisbee is sold every year than football, baseball and basketball combined. It can be said that the frisbee has become one of the most important inventions of Yale University.
Frisbee trademark is registered by Wham-O company, and the registration category includes 028 toy flying disks, and the successful registration time was in 2011. Selling Frisbee products, including frisbee keywords, is infringement.
Trademark copyright information
Examples of infringement
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