The issue here isn't trademark (or patent) law, but Monster's vexatious abuse of their legal rights. This suit is just more of the same. Unless the marketing of Monster Golf implies a connection to Monster Cable in some direct manner, there is no marketplace confusion and therefore no infringement.
But then, Monster's track record is one of harassment and intimidation. They are a serial bad actor here, and contrary one one commenter's assertion there ARE sanctions that can be imposed on vexatious litigants like Monster. Perhaps we should start a Monster Defense Fund to speed that along.
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The issue here isn't trademark (or patent) law, but Monster's vexatious abuse of their legal rights. This suit is just more of the same. Unless the marketing of Monster Golf implies a connection to Monster Cable in some direct manner, there is no marketplace confusion and therefore no infringement.
But then, Monster's track record is one of harassment and intimidation. They are a serial bad actor here, and contrary one one commenter's assertion there ARE sanctions that can be imposed on vexatious litigants like Monster. Perhaps we should start a Monster Defense Fund to speed that along.