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EDVA Judge Trims Down Claims in Trademark Dispute Arising From Business Sale

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A pending EDVA case shows how the failure to address intellectual property rights in an asset sale can mushroom into multinational litigation, including a dispute over trademark rights in the United States....more

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Hairy Situation: Trademark Act Doesn’t Provide Consumer Standing

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The US Patent & Trademark Office Trademark Trial & Appeal Board found that a consumer did not have standing to oppose an application for registration because the consumer failed to establish a commercial interest and injury...more

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

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

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As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Rapunzel, Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair for Consumer Oppositions

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In the magical land of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a new chapter has been added to the trademark fairytale: consumers may have a real interest in preventing the exclusive appropriation of merely descriptive or...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: #FreeRapunzel: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Loosens Standing Requirements

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In denying a doll maker’s motion to dismiss a mom’s opposition to the registration of the trademark RAPUNZEL, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has relaxed the already liberal standard for what constitutes a “real...more

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Rapunzel May Be Released From Trademark Monopoly Tower

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Rapunzel potentially was released from the trademark monopoly tower, not by her hair, but by trademark opposer and law professor Rebecca Curtin....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

What You Need to Know About U.S. Law: Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Primer

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Similar to the laws of the EU and its member states, as well as other countries around the world, U.S. trademark law provides a mechanism through which parties with standing can oppose pending third-party applications or seek...more

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