We are pleased to present the 2021 Williams Mullen CLE Institute, a virtual legal education program aimed to educate and provide timely legal guidance, as well as to help you to secure your CLE credits.
Our 2021 programs...more
9/24/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Ethics ,
Government Investigations ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Regulations ,
Popular ,
Trademarks ,
Webinars
COVID-19 has taken a significant toll on a variety of businesses, and despite their best efforts, some may end up in bankruptcy. For those businesses, selling IP assets may enable them to find liquidity to satisfy creditors...more
11/3/2020
/ Brand ,
Business Assets ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
IP License ,
IP Portfolio ,
Liquidity ,
Retailers ,
Sale of Assets ,
Trademarks
The Lanham Act affords numerous remedies for trademark infringement to prevailing plaintiffs, including injunctive relief, actual damages, or the defendant’s profits from the infringement. Whether a defendant intended to...more
4/27/2020
/ § 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
In Georgia-Pac. Consumer Products LP v. von Drehle Corp., ___ F.3d ___, 2015 WL 1404765 (4th Cir. Mar. 30, 2015), as amended (Apr. 15, 2015), the Fourth Circuit reversed a damages award and clarified the standard for damages...more
B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., 575 U.S. _____ (2015).
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that federal court decisions on “likelihood of confusion” can be precluded by earlier findings on the same...more