November 18, 2020
Seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court's Romag ruling made it easier for trademark owners to win awards of profits from infringers, Monster Energy Co. is demanding more than $10 million from a toolmaker that used a similar "Monster" name and color scheme.
November 16, 2018
An automotive tool company infringed the trade dress of beverage giant Monster Energy Co.'s trademark green-and-black "monster" packaging with its "Monster Mobile" line of tools, a California federal jury found Friday, while declining to rule the infringement willful and awarding a $5 million verdict far short of the $50 million Monster sought.
October 31, 2018
Beverage giant Monster Energy Co. told a California federal jury during opening statements Wednesday that an automotive tool company infringed its trademark green-and-black "monster" packaging with a "Monster Mobile" line of tools, while the tool company argued consumers won't confuse the two because "no one drinks a wrench."