Did you know that imitation leather called Piñatex is
made from pineapple leaves? This can be used for shoes, bags,
jackets, and so on. Of course, the user wants to scream out loud
that these clothes are unique because they are made from pineapple.
But what if someone else has registered the trademark
"Pineapple" for clothes? Wouldn't this constitute a
trademark infringement?
A similar situation occurred in the running world. The word
"Nitro" is protected as a trademark for shoes. Brooks
introduces a nitrogen-infused running shoe. It is not called
"Nitro", but Brooks does communicate that the shoe is
"Nitro-Infused". For Puma, which uses the
registered Nitro trademark and markets its own running shoe under
that name, this goes too far. It believes Brooks is infringing the
Nitro trademark and is taking Brooks to court. Brooks, on the
contrary, believes that it uses "Nitro" only in a
descriptive manner and not as a trademark. Brooks also believes
that Puma, which also
