Three interesting intellectual property cases are on the Supreme Court of the United States’ docket in 2023. The Supreme Court’s opinions in these cases could have significant implications for trademark and copyright disputes...more
2/17/2023
/ Copyright ,
Corporate Counsel ,
First Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Parody ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
As consumer-facing product and service companies go head-to-head in an increasingly competitive marketplace, the risks of doing business are higher than ever before. Whether marketing your products to generate the highest...more
11/3/2022
/ Advertising ,
Best Practices ,
Class Action ,
Competition ,
Complex Litigation ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defense Strategies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Events ,
Government Investigations ,
Marketing
Addressing a dispute between a bridal designer and her former employer regarding the use of the designer’s name and control of various social media accounts, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recently published its final rules implementing provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA). Most changes are effective as of December 18, 2021, but certain changes...more
12/2/2021
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Ex Parte ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Expungement ,
Final Rules ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Addressing for the first time whether the Supreme Court of the United States’ recent decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. also applied to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), the US Court of Appeals for the...more
9/16/2021
/ Appeals ,
Appointments Clause ,
Corporate Counsel ,
False Association ,
Lanham Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
United States v Arthrex Inc
Addressing for the first time the issue of whether a presumption of irreparable harm should apply in copyright infringement cases, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that it did not, aligning the rule for...more
9/13/2019
/ Appeals ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Remand ,
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