On February 26, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., No. 23-900, a case concerning corporate separateness and disgorgement awards for Lanham Act trademark infringement....more
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court decided Abitron Austria GMBH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., No. 21-1043, addressing the extraterritoriality of the Lanham Act. The Court held that §1114(1)(a) and §1125(a)(1) of the Lanham Act do...more
On May 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc., et al. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc., No. 18-1086, addressing the subjects of claim and issue preclusion. The Court held that claim preclusion (or...more
6/15/2020
/ Claim Preclusion ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Counterclaims ,
Defense Preclusion ,
Fashion Branding ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Lucky Brand Dungarees v Marcel Fashion Group ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Res Judicata ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Subsequent Litigation ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bar on Registration of Disparaging Marks, Denies Washington Redskins' Petition to Join Proceedings -
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bar on Registration of Disparaging Marks, Denies...more
10/19/2016
/ Blackhorse v Pro-Football ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Lanham Act ,
Misappropriation ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Preemption ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
The Slants ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Litigation
Objective Reasonableness Must Receive “Substantial Weight” in Copyright Attorney-Fee Shifting Decisions:Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 15-375 (U.S. June 16, 2016) -
Kagan, J. In a unanimous decision, the...more
6/22/2016
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
DMCA ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Prevailing Party ,
Safe Harbors ,
SCOTUS ,
Sound Recording Copyrights ,
The Copyright Act ,
Vimeo ,
Willful Blindness
Summaries of Recent Precedential and Informative Appellate Opinions -
Trademark Opinions -
Owners of Foreign Marks May Sue Under Lanham Act Without Using Marks in the US: Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG,...more
4/5/2016
/ Amazon ,
Athletes ,
Bayer ,
Canada ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Country of Origin ,
DC Comics ,
Dilution ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Lanham Act ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
NFL ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Popular ,
Right of Publicity ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Trafficking ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Summaries of Recent Precedential and Informative Appellate Opinions -
January 29 – February 26
Copyright Opinions -
CBS Broadcasting Inc. v. FilmOn.com, Inc., No. 14-3123-cv (2d Cir. Feb 16, 2016): Second...more
In Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is faced with novel issues about the reach of the Lanham Act. The case arose from Bayer’s filing of a petition to cancel Belmora’s...more
1/6/2016
/ Bayer ,
Lanham Act ,
Lexmark v Static Control Components ,
Mexico ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Young Lawyers
On March 24, the US Supreme Court issued a decision that is likely to raise the stakes of proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In B&B Hardware, Inc.v. Hargis Industries, Inc., No. 13-352 (March 24,...more