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Haug Partners LLP

Federal Circuit upholds USPTO Refusal of Application for Registration for the Mark “VETEMENTS” Under the Foreign Equivalents...

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In a precedential decision, the Federal Circuit upheld the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) refusal of the mark “VETEMENTS” under the foreign equivalents...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

What in the [Meta]World?: Abitron Creates More Questions than Answers

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At a glance, a unanimous Supreme Court, holding that two provisions of the trademark-governing Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1)(a) and 1125(a)(1)) do not apply extraterritorially and extend only to alleged infringement in...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Inside, Outside, USA: Key Developments on the Boundaries of Injunctive Relief in Trademark Disputes - Katten Kattwalk | Issue 26

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Does federal trademark law reach conduct outside of the United States? The Supreme Court addressed this question recently in Abitron Austria v. Hetronic International, Inc., which prompted us to revisit a related issue we...more

Fenwick & West LLP

A Domesticated Lanham Act: Supreme Court’s Abitron Ruling Opens New Debate on Foreign Reach of U.S. Trademark Law

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The Supreme Court’s June 29, 2023, decision in Abitron Austria GMBH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., No. 21-1043, ended decades of circuit splits on the standard for determining the extraterritorial reach of the Lanham Act (see our...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Supreme Court Rules U.S. Trademark Law Does Not Apply to Foreign Conduct

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On June 29, 2023, in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Lanham Act does not have an extraterritorial scope and applies only in cases where the alleged infringing “use...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Supreme Court Limits the Lanham Act’s Extraterritorial Reach

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In a decision that may make it more difficult for brand owners to enforce their marks against infringers located outside of the United States, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated the judgment of the US Court of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Holds Lanham Act Attaches Only to Liability for Domestic Uses in Commerce

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On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the petitioner in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International Inc. However, the justices were divided 5-4 as to the precise reasoning and what facts...more

White & Case LLP

Supreme Court Reins in Extraterritorial Application of the Lanham Act

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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Lanham Act infringement and unfair competition provisions "are not extraterritorial and that they extend only to claims where the claimed infringing use in commerce is domestic." In...more

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Supreme Court Vacates and Remands 10th Circuit's Decision in "Abitron"

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The US Supreme Court ruled today in the closely watched Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. case, which considered whether a party could recover in US courts for trademark infringement that occurred outside...more

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