- In Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil Inc. et al., the Supreme Court held that a showing of a defendant’s willfulness is not a prerequisite for recovering an infringer’s profits for trademark infringement under the Lanham...more
4/28/2020
/ § 1125(a) ,
§ 1125(c) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Compensatory Awards ,
Dilution ,
Lanham Act ,
Lost Profits ,
Remand ,
Remedies ,
Romag Fasteners v Fossil ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
• The Federal Circuit held that the “immoral or scandalous” clause of Lanham Act § 2(a), which prohibits registration of a trademark that “consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter,” is unconstitutional under the...more
12/20/2017
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Commercial Speech ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Intent-to-Use ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Reversal ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO