Pinterest, Inc. v. Pintrips, Inc.

  1. October 21, 2015

    Pinterest Loses Trademark Suit Over 'Pin' Marks

    Social media company Pinterest lost a trademark infringement suit filed against trip-planning website Pintrips after a California federal judge ruled Wednesday that consumer confusion was not likely and that Pintrips' use of the word "pin" was protected under fair use.

  2. August 28, 2015

    Pinterest Pushes Judge To Pin TM Infringement On Pintrips

    Pinterest Inc. urged a California federal judge on Friday to find that travel site Pintrips Inc. is infringing its trademark rights by inviting users to click a "pin" button similar to the one Pinterest offers its users, closing out a bench trial in the intellectual property feud.

  3. May 18, 2015

    Pinterest Takes 'Pin' Trademark Infringement Fight To Trial

    Pinterest Inc. accused travel site Pintrips Inc. of riding on its coattails by infringing its trademarked name and rights to the word "pin" in California federal court on Monday at the start of Pinterest's bench trial seeking to bar the travel site from being able to use the terms.

  4. May 06, 2015

    Pinterest Foe Fights Sanctions Bid In 'Pin' Button IP Suit

    Travel-planning website Pintrips Inc. called a sanctions bid by Pinterest Inc. "unprofessional" and baseless in a trademark suit with the social media giant in California federal court, denying Tuesday that the introduction of a rebuttal witness was improper.

  5. January 13, 2015

    Kenyon Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Pinterest IP Row

    A California federal judge on Monday slapped travel-planning website Pintrips Inc. and its counsel at Kenyon & Kenyon LLP with sanctions for withholding the identities of investors and advisers who knew of a dispute in which Pintrips was accused of ripping off popular social media site Pinterest Inc.'s trademark and virtual pinboard idea.

  6. March 03, 2014

    Pintrips Wants Ruling That Pinterest Doesn't Own 'Pin' Marks

    Travel-planning website Pintrips Inc. lodged a counter-complaint Friday against Pinterest Inc., seeking a declaratory judgment that the fast-growing social media site cannot claim the terms "pin" or "pin it" as trademarks.

  7. February 13, 2014

    Pintrips Can't Escape Pinterest Trademark Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss Pinterest Inc.'s lawsuit accusing Pintrips Inc. of infringing its trademark, saying the question of whether Pintrips is precluded from using the word "pin" requires deeper factual analysis than it has so far received.

  8. January 22, 2014

    Pinterest Blasts Pintrips' Bid To Toss Trademark Suit

    Pinterest Inc. blasted Pintrips Inc. on Wednesday over the travel planning site's recent move to toss a trademark infringement suit on the grounds that "pin" is merely a generic term, calling it an ill-timed and "logically flawed" argument.

  9. January 08, 2014

    Facing Pinterest Suit, Travel Site Says 'Pin' Is Generic

    Travel planning startup Pintrips Inc. hit back hard Monday on trademark infringement claims from Pinterest Inc., calling the social media giant a "trademark bully" and arguing that "pin" was merely a generic, unprotectable verb.

  10. October 07, 2013

    Pinterest Pins Trademark Suit On Travel Planning Site

    Pinterest Inc. is accusing the interactive travel planning site Pintrips Inc. of lifting the social media platform's trademark and virtual pinboard idea, according to a suit filed Friday in a California federal court.

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