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Mayer Brown

Lost in Translation: The Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents in Trademark Law

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In this episode of The Upper Brand, Kristine Young and Rich Assmus discuss the recent Federal Circuit case regarding the doctrine of foreign equivalents in trademark law. They explore the concepts of descriptiveness and...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - March 2024: Piling Up Successes by Avoiding Descriptive Dangers

Joining a series of precedential decisions about descriptiveness, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board recently affirmed a refusal to register Sheet Pile, LLC’s (“Applicant”) mark ZPILE on the Principal Register, on the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - March 2024

Welcome to the March 2024 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the IPR Center’s efforts to stop global IP theft and address counterfeiting on both home and foreign turf; a recent TTAB...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

All That Glitters: Use of Registered Mark To Describe Watch Color Was Fair Use

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgement to a luxury-watchmaker defendant, holding that its use of a registered and incontestable trademarked term was fair use...more

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