Nick Wheeler

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

Are Hard Seltzers Considered Beer? The Jury is Still Out.

Cerveceria Modelo De México, et. al, v. Cb Brand Strategies, Llc, et. al, 2024 WL 1253593 (2d Cir. Mar. 25, 2024) - A license agreement with broad terms might seem like a good idea, but it could turn into something that...more

5/8/2024 / Intellectual Property Protection , Trademark Litigation , Trademark Registration , Trademarks

The Functionality Bar is “Low” Hanging Fruit

Choose your trade dress carefully, if the design as a whole has any function, your trade dress may be invalid. On September 7, 2023, the Third Circuit held that a candy’s trade dress consisting of a wedge shape with red,...more

9/19/2023 / Intellectual Property Protection , Lanham Act , Trademark Infringement , Trademarks

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