While the Las Vegas Sun published an succinct article last week (link here) regarding the lawsuit filed in Delaware Bankruptcy Court by a group of companies lead by Carl Icahn's Tropicana Entertainment Inc.
and Tropicana Avenue has recently expanded into a fight over actual ownership of the TROPICANA trademark. What started out as a simple declaratory judgment action by the new owners of the Tropicana Las Vegas regarding their long-time right to use the name Tropicana in connection with the hotel/casino located at the intersection of Las Vegas Blvd. Pamela Chestek – well known for her many blog posts regarding convoluted assignments and related transactions with respect to intellectual property – provided her own unique insights into the matter around the same time (link here).
Last year, I wrote about the Nevada lawsuit involving a dispute about use of the name Tropicana in connection with the famed Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas (link here).
