In a closely watched trademark infringement case, the Supreme Court of the United States held that when an alleged infringer uses a trademark as a source identifier for the infringer's own products, the First Amendment does...more
6/19/2023
/ Dilution ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jack Daniels Properties Inc v VIP Products LLC ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Rogers Test ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademarks
In a closely watched trademark infringement case involving non-fungible tokens ("NFTs"), a jury found that the sale of digital images of Hermès's Birkin bags as NFTs infringed and diluted Hermès's trademarks....more
2/14/2023
/ Artistic Works ,
Consumer Confusion ,
Digital Assets ,
Dilution ,
Fashion Branding ,
Fashion Design ,
Fashion Industry ,
First Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Smart Contracts ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
Signed into law in July of 1946, the Lanham Act has, for 75 years, governed U.S. trademark, servicemark, and unfair competition matters. In this edition of the Jones Day Talks Women in IP series, Meredith Wilkes, Anna Raimer,...more
6/24/2021
/ Dilution ,
Domain Names ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Service Marks ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition ,
Willful Infringement