Glendale, CA – Trademark attorneys file trademark infringement and Lanham Act 43(a) unfair competition lawsuit to protect Tycoon Jewelry, Inc.’s jewelry related trademarks in Los Angeles Federal District Court, alleging infringement of its USPTO registered trademarks for jewelry products. Tycoon Jewelry alleges that it has used the Tycoon and Tycoon ct trademarks, either alone or in combination with other words or symbols, with a wide range of products, including jewelry, for approximately twenty years.
The complaint alleges that Defendant Tycoon International, Inc. has used the infringing Tycoon mark both in its company name and for the sale of jewelry. The complaint asserts the following causes of action: (1) Trademark infringement 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114; (2) False designation of origin and trade dress infringement under section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a); (3) Unfair competition under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 ; and, (4) California common law unfair competition. The case is titled Tycoon Jewelry, Inc. v. Tycoon International, Inc., CV08-01982 CAS (C.D. California).