The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on April 23, 2020 in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group that to recover a trademark infringer’s profits, the trademark owner need not prove the defendant “willfully” infringed its...more
4/27/2020
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Several Yosemite National Park facilities will regain their iconic names through a settlement announced July 15, 2019 between the National Park Service (NPS) and its former concessionaire, ending a dispute that provides a...more
On July 8, 2015, a federal district court in Virginia upheld a ruling canceling six federal trademark registrations incorporating the term REDSKINS owned by the Washington, D.C. football team. The court agreed with the...more
7/11/2015
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") decisions on likelihood of confusion in disputes over registration may preclude relitigation of the issue in a later suit for trademark...more