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Troutman Pepper Locke

Is My Guitar Pedal a Klone or a Counterfeit? — No Infringement Intended Podcast

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In this episode, Austin Padgett and Rusty Close venture into the dynamic world of guitar pedals, focusing on the iconic Klon Centaur and its creator's legal showdown with Behringer's Centaur Overdrive. While many Klon...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

9th Circuit: Counterfeiting Claim Requires Court to Evaluate Likelihood of Confusion by Comparing Products as a Whole, Not Just...

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Does the Lanham Act require a plaintiff to show a likelihood of confusion to prevail on a counterfeiting claim? And if so, should the court simply compare the marks at issue, or look beyond them to the products themselves and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Eye Don’t: No Counterfeiting Without Likelihood of Confusion

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Referring to the act of counterfeiting as “hard core” or “first degree” trademark infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the first time confirmed that the Lanham Act requires a likelihood of confusion...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Counterfeiting and Superfund

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This week, we examine a Ninth Circuit decision addressing whether a plaintiff pursuing a Lanham Act counterfeiting claim must demonstrate that consumers were likely to be confused (the answer: yes), and another resolving the...more

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