Sharona Sternberg

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Supreme Court vacates $43 million trademark award for violating principle of corporate separateness in Dewberry Group

On February 26, 2025, in Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers, the Supreme Court unanimously vacated a $43 million damages award for trademark infringement, ruling that the lower court improperly conflated the defendant with...more

3/31/2025 / Appeals , Business Entities , Damages , Dewberry Group Inc v Dewberry Engineers Inc , Lanham Act , Piercing the Corporate Veil , SCOTUS , Trademark Infringement , Trademark Litigation , Willful Infringement

Advertisers Beware: Falsely Advertising Products as “Patented” and “Proprietary” Can Violate the Lanham Act, Says the Federal...

On October 3, 2024, in Crocs v. Effervescent, the Federal Circuit ruled that falsely advertising that a product feature is patented can constitute a violation of the Lanham Act. All the way back in 2006, Crocs sued several...more

1/2/2025 / Advertising , False Advertising , Intellectual Property Protection , Lanham Act , Patent Infringement , Proprietary Information , Trade Secrets

U.S. Brand Owners Have More Limited Options to Curb Foreign Infringement following Supreme Court’s Abitron Ruling

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated trademark decision in Abitron Austria v. Hetronic International concerning the global reach of the Lanham Act. The Court determined that U.S. law does not extend...more

7/21/2023 / Abitron Austria GmbH v Hetronic International Inc , Extraterritoriality Rules , Foreign Sales , Intellectual Property Protection , Lanham Act , SCOTUS , Trademark Infringement , Trademark Litigation , Trademarks , Use in Commerce

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