The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the test for determining whether a word mark is generic also applies to color marks....more
5/6/2025
/ Appeals ,
CAFC ,
Color Marks ,
Generic Marks ,
Goods or Services ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks
The Supreme Court vacates a decision treating a company and its affiliates as "one and the same" for purposes of disgorging profits for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, but leaves many questions unaddressed....more
3/5/2025
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Corporate Governance ,
Damages ,
Dewberry Group Inc v Dewberry Engineers Inc ,
Disgorgement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Piercing the Corporate Veil ,
Profits ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Vacated
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