{"id":22512,"date":"2011-03-31T13:04:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=22512"},"modified":"2011-03-31T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:10:29","slug":"volcom-in-stone-vs-roc-fight-with-jay-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=22512","title":{"rendered":"Volcom In Stone vs. Roc Fight With Jay-Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/veeco_roc.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/veeco_roc.jpg','popup','width=354,height=221,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/veeco_roc-tm.jpg\" height=\"124\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Veeco Roc\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"htp:\/\/www.volcom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volcom<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>reportedly filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Central District of California on March 29, 2011 against <strong>Jay-Z&#8217;s <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rocnation.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roc Nation<\/a><\/strong> brand, according to a story on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/allhiphop.com\/stories\/news\/archive\/2011\/03\/31\/22643008.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">All Hip Hop<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfcexpress.com\/lawsuits\/trademark-lawsuits\/california-central-district-court\/73228\/volcom-inc-v-roc-nation-llc\/summary\/\" target=\"_blank\">the complaint<\/a><\/strong>, Roc Nation&#8217;s logo is too close to their own, which they have been using in trade since 1991. . . Additionally, Volcom claims the logo could create confusion in the marketplace, since their label Volcom Entertainment, also uses a similar, registered trademark. . . &#8220;While Roc Nation appears to have initially used the diamond only in combination with the words &#8216;Roc Nation&#8217; it is now using the diamond logo on its own, causing a likelihood of confusion among consumers,&#8221; Volcom&#8217;s complaint reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can you tell the difference?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/lifestyle\/fashion\/2011\/03\/31\/2011-03-31_voltron_sues_jayzs_company_roc_nation_for_trademark_infringement_over_diamond_lo.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Daily News<\/a><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/allhiphop.com\/stories\/news\/archive\/2011\/03\/31\/22643008.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">All Hip Hop<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volcom reportedly filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Central District of California on March 29, 2011 against Jay-Z&#8217;s Roc Nation brand, according to a story on All Hip Hop. According to the complaint, Roc Nation&#8217;s logo is too close to their own, which they have been using in trade since 1991. . . Additionally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22512"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22515,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22512\/revisions\/22515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}