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Trademark Trouble: When the F-Word Fails to Function

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Recent Supreme Court decisions underscore how viewpoint-based refusals of trademark applications are unconstitutional. But can these viewpoint-based refusals survive under the "failure-to-function" doctrine instead?...more

Irwin IP LLP

RICO Requires Transfer of Title to Forfeit Trademarks: USA v. Mongol Nation, No. 19-50176 and 19-50190 (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2023)

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The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the denial of the United States’ second motion for preliminary order of forfeiture of the Mongol Nation’s trademarks.  The Ninth Circuit held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...more

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