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Vetements Urges the Supreme Court to Reconsider Trademark Protection for Foreign Words

Snell & Wilmer on 9/10/2025

Vetements Group AG (“Vetements”), a Swiss luxury brand that sells expensive, reimagined clothing, recently petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision in In re: Vetements Grp. AG, Case Nos. 2023-2050,...more

Earmuffs, Kids: The Federal Circuit Delivers the F-bomb Right Back to the TTAB

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/4/2025

The Federal Circuit’s recent precedential decision in In re Erik Brunetti has surely raised some eyebrows in the trademark community (and beyond), not just for its subject matter (the attempted registration of a certain...more

Supreme Court to Examine Free Speech Limits in “TRUMP TOO SMALL” Trademark Case

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 8/4/2023

The intersection of free speech and private business branding is once again in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. On June 5th, the Supreme Court decided to hear Vidal v. Elster, Case 22-704, an appeal from the...more

SCOTUS To Examine Whether First Amendment “Trumps” Lanham Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/21/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court continues to show interest in trademark issues with its recent grant of certiorari in another case pitting the Lanham Act against the First Amendment....more

MarkIt to Market® - May 2023

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 6/1/2023

Thank you for reading the May 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Taco Bell's attempt to cancel two TACO TUESDAY trademark registrations, and a precedential TTAB decision...more

Alert: Supreme Court to Hear Dot-Com Trademark Issue

Cooley LLP on 11/19/2019

On November 8, 2019, the United States Supreme Court agreed to take up a case that could potentially have a significant impact on domain name owners and those who have invested in promoting their dot-com brand. Can combining...more

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 20

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/25/2019

Welcome to the Fall 2019 issue of Kattwalk. In this issue, we are pleased to introduce you to Bret Danow, a partner in Katten’s New York office with a broadbased trademark practice that covers the entire lifecycle of a brand,...more

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 19

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/4/2019

The Katten Kattwalk discusses legal issues in the fashion industry affecting the trademarks, patents and copyrights associated with companies, brands and products. ...more

B&B Hardware Precludes Defense To Likelihood Of Confusion In District Court

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets on 12/19/2017

In 2015, the Supreme Court, in its decision in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. (“B&B”), held that sometimes issue preclusion should apply to prior Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) decisions. 135 S. Ct....more

Trademark Practitioners Beware: Issue Preclusion May Now Apply to TTAB Findings More Often Than You Think

Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/4/2015

Trademark owners and practitioners who took heart in the Supreme Court's seemingly confined holding that issue preclusion can but does not necessarily apply to likelihood of confusion determinations by the Trademark Trial and...more

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