Hard Candy, LLC v. Hard Candy Fitness, LLC et al

  1. November 06, 2015

    Makeup Co. Resolves Madonna 'Hard Candy' Trademark Rows

    Cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC settled trademark claims over Hard Candy Fitness LLC's name in Florida federal court Friday, the day after Madonna resolved a California action filed after she escaped the original suit because she lacks connection to the Sunshine State.

  2. July 24, 2015

    Sanctions Fight Ends In Madonna TM Row After Atty Switch

    The trademark dispute between Madonna's Hard Candy Fitness LLC and cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC turned a corner Friday as a federal judge approved a joint stipulation to drop lingering requests for discovery sanctions a week after Madonna's company switched counsel from Rubinstein Law PC to Rutan & Tucker LLP.

  3. June 23, 2015

    Hard Candy Fights Back In Madonna Depo Sanctions Bid

    Madonna's Hard Candy Fitness LLC renewed its bid for sanctions Monday against cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC, telling a Florida federal judge that the makeup company strategically decided to ask prohibited questions during the pop icon's deposition in their trademark battle.

  4. June 05, 2015

    Hard Candy Makeup Co. Slams Madonna Depo Sanctions Bid

    Cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC, fighting off allegations of misconduct when deposing Madonna in a trademark dispute, said Friday the pop star's own Proskauer Rose LLP attorneys didn't take issue with the interview and that Hard Candy Fitness LLC's sanctions bid is "an elaborate game of 'gotcha.'"

  5. May 26, 2015

    Hard Candy Attys Call For Sanctions Over Madonna Deposition

    Lawyers representing Madonna and Hard Candy Fitness LLC in a trademark battle with cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC called on a federal judge Friday to sanction plaintiffs counsel for "egregious" conduct during the pop star's deposition earlier this year.

  6. May 13, 2015

    Madonna Escapes Makeup Co.'s 'Hard Candy' Trademark Row

    Pop star Madonna escaped a trademark battle with cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC on Wednesday over the name of Hard Candy Fitness LLC, with a Florida federal judge ruling that her connections to Florida are tenuous enough to escape the reach of the state's long-arm statute.

  7. February 04, 2015

    Hard Candy Wants Madonna Deposition Taped In TM Fight

    Cosmetics maker Hard Candy LLC urged a Florida federal judge to allow it to videotape the pop star Madonna's upcoming deposition in a trademark suit alleging she infringed "Hard Candy" trademarks with clothes and other goods to promote fitness DVDs, saying there wasn't enough evidence the video would be leaked.

  8. January 06, 2015

    Madonna's Objection To Deposition Denied In Trademark Row

    A Florida federal judge on Monday shot down Madonna's objection to having to appear for a deposition in a trademark suit brought by makeup and clothing company Hard Candy LLC, calling the heavily redacted objection "incomprehensible."

  9. June 06, 2014

    Madonna Pulls Wal-Mart Into 'Hard Candy' TM Fight

    Madonna and her company Hard Candy Fitness LLC in Florida federal court accused cosmetics company Hard Candy LLC and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of infringing her trademarks for clothing and related goods, countering a trademark infringement suit Hard Candy filed against the singer over her use of "Hard Candy" in fitness centers and related products.

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