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Trademark Registration Misconceptions: What Brand Owners Should Know

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Many business owners view trademark registration as a smart investment—and they’re right. A federal registration gives you valuable legal advantages, including nationwide priority, a presumption of ownership, and stronger...more

Jones Day

SkyKick v Sky: UK Supreme Court Confronts Bad Faith in Trade Mark Applications

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The UK Supreme Court has issued a landmark judgment dealing with specific bad faith considerations for trade marks....more

Ladas & Parry LLP

TTAB favours Airbnb in opposition against competitor TREEBNB mark

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In Airbnb Inc v Seth Bolt and Victoria Bolt, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) ruled in favour of opposer Airbnb Inc., against applicants Seth and Victoria Bolt. The board’s decision was influenced by, among other...more

Erise IP

What’s Trending in Trademarks, September 2024: Meghan Markle’s Trademark Faces USPTO Pushback, And Can Memes be Marks?

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Meghan...more

Erise IP

What’s Trending in Trademarks, July 2024: Suit Against Prime Hydration Puts Unique Olympic Trademark Law on Display; Are Two...

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Suit...more

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MarkIt to Market® – July 2024: Quarterbacks Face Off in Trademark Bowl

NFL quarterbacks are known for going head to head on the gridiron, but two of the NFL’s top QB’s are now squaring off in the trademark arena. Earlier this month, Lamar Jackson filed two oppositions against FL101, a company...more

Butler Snow LLP

New Utah NHL Team Takes Shot-Pass With Nine Intent-to-Use Trademark Applications

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Though the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, a lot of off-ice activity is happening as a result of the sale of the Arizona Coyotes to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith’s Smith Entertainment Group. Most hockey...more

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MarkIt to Market® – April 2024: Trademarks are for Parents, Not Children

Children are all too familiar with parents telling them that everything they own is actually mom and dads. And as frustrating as this is to hear as a child, a recent opinion from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® – April 2024

Welcome to the April 2024 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss why it’s important for businesses to think critically about who they are listing as their trademark owners, how the TTAB...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit IP Appeals: Summaries of Key 2023 Decisions (8th Edition): Bertini v. Apple Inc., 63 F.4th 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2023)...

In June 2015, Apple began using the mark APPLE MUSIC for its streaming services and filed a trademark application seeking to register the mark for production and distribution of sound recordings and arranging, organizing,...more

Irwin IP LLP

Federal Circuit Takes a Bite Out of Apple’s Trademark Application

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On April 4, 2023, in a case of first impression, the Federal Circuit reversed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and held that a trademark applicant cannot use the priority date of a prior application when the goods...more

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Establishing Priority Through Tacking For One Listed Good or Service Will Not Establish Priority For All Goods and Services in a...

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In a precedential decision, the Federal Circuit contemplated whether a trademark applicant can establish priority for every good and service in its application by showing priority through tacking for only one of those listed...more

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EU Court Rules Cannabis Trademark Unregistrable as Contrary to Public Policy

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The General Court of the European Union ruled on December 12 that the Cannabis Store Amsterdam logo was unregistrable as violative of public policy and morality because it would encourage illegal activity. This decision is...more

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EUIPO: Repeat trademark applications for the same classes can equate to bad faith

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In July, the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO declared the MONOPOLY trade mark invalid to the extent that the underlying application covered goods and services for which the trade mark was already registered. Such filings...more

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