In a February 2, 2023, article titled “USPTO warns of new spoofing scam targeting trademark owners,” we warned you about a spoofing tactic where scammers were calling trademark owners using “spoofing” to hide their true...more
Stopping overseas trademark infringement is often a challenge due to the time, expense, and difficulty with serving foreign companies with U.S. litigation. A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals may have made...more
As the nation continues to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many took notice of the December 27, 2020, signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a bipartisan relief and government funding bill passed by Congress...more
Brand owners may now have a valuable tool at their disposal thanks to an April 23, 2020, decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc.
Although Section 1117 of the federal Lanham Act...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
Protecting intellectual property — from theft or misappropriation, infringement, or even from potential creditors and judgments — is a chief concern among businesses large and small and can be accomplished in a variety of...more
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, also known as ICANN, is currently in a multi-year process of rolling out hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). ICANN’s rationale for the expansion:...more