It is a basic tenet of trademark law that rights are jurisdictional. Trademark owners only have rights in the mark in the jurisdictions in which they have registered (or, in some cases, used) the mark....more
There is a little-known provision of the Lanham Act (the US Trademark Act) that packs a potentially big punch. 15 USC ยง 1051(e) provides that if a non-U.S. entity registers for a trademark in the United States without...more