Luxury goods titan Hermès has been handed a major victory in its pioneering lawsuit involving trademark infringement through non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). A federal jury in Manhattan recently found that an artist’s NFT...more
The last year has seen urgent discussions concerning racism, discrimination, police violence, inequality, and social justice come to the forefront of life in the United States. Corporate America – and its brands – responded...more
4/21/2021
/ Abandonment ,
Black Lives Matter ,
Corporate Branding ,
Corporate Culture ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Human Rights ,
Iancu v. Brunetti ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Matal v Tam ,
Race Discrimination ,
Race Relations ,
Rebranding ,
Social Media ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and the act was signed into law on December 27, 2020. But don’t let the bland title fool you. ...more
In a case “test[ing] the limits of the extraterritorial application of the Copyright and Lanham Acts,” the D.C. Circuit affirms the dismissal of design-your-own pizza restaurant &pizza’s lawsuit against an Edinburgh-based...more
The United States Supreme Court holds that adding a top-level domain, like “.com”, to an otherwise generic term does not automatically result in a generic composite, and that a genericness determination must consider the...more
7/6/2020
/ Acquired Distinctiveness ,
Appeals ,
Booking.com ,
Domain Name Registration ,
Domain Names ,
Generic Marks ,
Lanham Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
United States Patent and Trademark Office v Booking.com BV ,
USPTO
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announces a new prioritized trademark examination program for certain trademark applications covering COVID-19 related products and services. ...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that bankrupt trademark licensors cannot use federal bankruptcy law to rescind the rights of their trademark licensees to continue use of duly licensed trademarks....more
5/30/2019
/ Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Breach of Contract ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Debtors ,
Exclusions ,
Executory Contracts ,
IP License ,
Mission Product Holdings Inc v Tempnology LLC ,
Rescission ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 365 ,
Split of Authority ,
Trademark Licenses ,
Trademarks ,
Trustees