The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded a district court’s ruling, holding that the Lanham Act does not foreclose an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) action for judicial review of the US Patent...more
6/27/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Judicial Review ,
Lanham Act ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Renewal Applications ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed and remanded a district court’s ruling, holding that waiver of sovereign immunity for claims related to a federal contracting program means the defendant, a sovereign...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial & Appeal Board non-obviousness decision, finding that the context of the proposed combination of prior art in the Board’s obviousness inquiry...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded a summary judgment ruling, finding that there were genuine disputes of material fact regarding whether the plaintiff’s alleged trade dress was functional and...more
5/25/2023
/ Appeals ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Daubert Standards ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Summary Judgment ,
Tennessee ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks