I'm interested to know why Apple waited until these fake stores became well known on line before filing a trademark lawsuit - were they unaware of them?

The judge in this trademark lawsuit ruled on December 3, 2010, that the case could go to trial.

The Cooters are well known in the state and have dealt with controversy, trademark lawsuits, and even prison sentences.

Ford, however, lost a trademark lawsuit to the Pep Boys auto parts store, which has a line of tires under the Futura brand.

Intel also filed but lost a trademark lawsuit to prevent Advanced Micro from using 386 in the name of its chip.

Such trademark lawsuits have been filed before, but Mr. Goldman says this is the first one likely to go to trial.

Early in 1993 Excel became the target of a trademark lawsuit by another company already selling a software package named "Excel" in the finance industry.

After four months of operation, the line ceased sales in October 2010 due to a threatened trademark lawsuit.

The TV series was also the subject of a U.S. copyright and trademark lawsuit filed in 1998.

Apple has set its sights on the Kindle Fire as part of the company's trademark lawsuit against Amazon.