A decision from the Federal Circuit clarified how the USPTO should analyze evidence of fame under the fifth DuPont factor. The decision sheds light on how fashion brands can establish that their marks are famous through...more
8/21/2019
/ Advertising ,
Appeals ,
Corporate Branding ,
Dismissals ,
DuPont Factors ,
Evidence ,
Fashion Branding ,
Fashion Industry ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Remand ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
The PTAB ruled that the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe could not assert sovereign immunity in IPRs of patents that Allergan had assigned to the Tribe relating to Restasis®. See The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is not entitled to...more
4/2/2018
/ Allergan Inc ,
Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motion To Stay ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Stays ,
Tribal Governments
Sovereign immunity refers to the doctrine that the government cannot be sued without its consent. Specifically, the 11th Amendment precludes federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over states in suits brought by private...more
10/18/2017
/ Dismissals ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
Exclusive Licenses ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Joint Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Universities ,
Tribal Governments