On June 28, 2024, Starbucks Corporation, a company focused on the food sector, particularly coffee-based products, filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Brandpat, LLC. Brandpat operates in the market as Starbuds Flowers and focuses on cannabis products. This legal action followed unsuccessful attempts at an out-of-court settlement. The central issue of the case involves the infringement of Starbucks Corporation’s trademark and copyright^{15, 16, 17 e 18}, as well as its distinctive signs. among which the following stand out, which are protected in the United States by copyright and trademarks.

In a dispute over the validity of the DELINIA trademark, the 3^rd Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice upheld a lower court's decision, declaring the trademark registration null. The trademark was owned by Groupe Adeo and used to identify Leroy Merlin's line of built-in furniture. Reporting Justice Nancy Andrighi noted in her ruling that the DELINIA trademark, registered in 2010 and used by Leroy Merlin, bore a strong graphic and phonetic resemblance to the earlier D'LINEA trademark, which belongs to the Rio Grande do Sul company D'LINEA INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE MÓVEIS LTDA.

In an ongoing case before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Wizards of the Coast LLC, owner of the trademark rights associated with the well-known role-playing game “Dungeons and Dragons,” filed an opposition on August 9, 2024, against the trademark application for “Dungeons and Drag Queens”. The company argues that there is a likelihood of consumer confusion, error, or deception, as well as dilution of the Dungeons and Dragons trademark  and  . Notably, the “Dungeons and Drag Queens” trademark is used to identify a show where drag queens play Dungeons and Dragons,  making this case a compelling example of parody in trademark law.

VIA S/A, responsible for the Casas Bahia and Ponto Frio chains, filed a lawsuit against MAGAZINE LUIZA S/A, seeking to refrain from using its registered trademarks “CASAS BAHIA” and “PONTO FRIO” in sponsored links on the GOOGLE ADS tool and compensation for material and moral damages.

In recent weeks, the news about the loss of exclusivity of the “Língua de Gato” trademark has caused a great deal of buzz and raised many questions among chocolate lovers. After all, did Kopenhagen lose its rights to the “Língua de Gato” trademark?

In a case involving the dispute between the trademarks “Big Mac” and “Supermac's” in the European Union, the Irish company Supermac's (Holdings) Ltd. applied in 2017 for the abandonment of registration #62638¹,  for the trademark “Big Mac”, owned by McDonald's International Property Co. Ltd, on the grounds of non-use.

In a decision issued on May 27, 2024, the 4^th panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) upheld the Rio de Janeiro Court of Appeals’ (TJ/RJ) decision that recognized the validity of the copyright assignment agreement signed between the composer Nizan Guanaes (assignor) and Stalo Produções Artísticas (assignee). The case entails the rights to the song “We Are the World of Carnaval”, which Stalo Produções later transferred to Universal Music.

With the start of UEFA Euro 2024, as with other large-scale events, there is a notable increase in economic activity related to the event itself and other associated activities, such as product trading. Likewise, greater attention is needed regarding issues involving the protection and violation of intellectual property rights.