The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a ruling from the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, disagreeing with the Board’s dismissal of Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac’s opposition to a trademark...more
8/15/2024
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Certification Marks ,
Dilution ,
Dismissals ,
DuPont Factors ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Remand ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
Vacated
Addressing a state law-based challenge to the way search results are displayed on copies of websites, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that copyright preemption precluded a website owner from invoking state...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld an attorneys’ fees award after the patent owner brought successive patent infringement suits attempting “to refile to wipe the slate clean” after the first court was...more
8/4/2022
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Attorney's Fees ,
Dismissals ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Fee Awards ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Netflix ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Sanctions
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a damages verdict because the acts supporting the induced infringement finding took place years before the statutory damages period and thus could not support a finding...more