TikTok Sued by Video Editing Company for Trademark Infringement

April 13, 2021, 2:17 PM UTC

TikTok Inc.'s recently released editing feature “Stitch” infringes trademarks held by a video-editing company, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in California.

Stitch Editing Ltd. provides editing services for commercials and music videos, according to its complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The company says it has a registered trademark for “STITCH EDITING” and common law trademark rights in “STITCH.”

In September 2020, TikTok released an editing tool branded “Stitch,” which allows users to clip and integrate scenes from another user’s video into their own, with no regard for Stitch ...

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