Michael Bregenzer

Irwin IP LLP

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Your “Chicken Scratch” May Be Confusing

In Re R.S. Lipman Brewing Co., LLC, 2025 WL 1099603 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 14, 2025) - Be careful when selecting a name for your product, otherwise you might find yourself cooked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more

4/23/2025 / Appeals , CAFC , Lanham Act , Likelihood of Confusion , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Trademark Infringement , Trademark Litigation , Trademark Registration , Trademarks , USPTO

Obtaining Attorneys’ Fees: Exceptional Facts, Not Policy

Lontex Corp. v. Nike, Inc., 107 F.4th 139 (3d Cir. 2024) - On July 10, 2024, the Third Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s decision to award attorneys’ fees to plaintiff Lontex, a sports apparel brand whose...more

8/12/2024 / Intellectual Property Litigation , Intellectual Property Protection , Trademark Infringement , Trademark Litigation , Trademarks , USPTO , Willful Infringement

American Purchasers Poke Holes in Swiss Cheese Certification: Interprofession du Gruyere v. US Dairy Exp. Council, No. 22–1041...

This week, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“TTAB”) and subsequent Eastern District of Virginia’s (“District Court”) summary judgment finding that “GRUYERE” could not be...more

3/14/2023 / Food Products . , Intellectual Property Protection , Place of Origin , Trademark Application , Trademark Registration , Trademark Trial and Appeal Board , Trademarks

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