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Emerging Counterfeiting Tactic: Private Label Marks to Evade Online Enforcement

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A new and increasingly sophisticated form of counterfeiting is challenging traditional brand protection strategies. Counterfeiters are now avoiding the use of well-known house marks and instead applying “private label” marks...more

Sunstein LLP

Humvee Goes Into Battle: Will Its Trademarks Leave Tread Marks on Video Game Makers?

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The realism of video games is intensified by the inclusion of products and brands we recognize from daily life. Can the thrill of such verisimilitude coexist alongside the rights of trademark owners?...more

Perkins Coie

Changing Landscape for Video Game Developers in Third-Party IP Suits?

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What do the manufacturer of a military-grade light tactical wheeled vehicle and a 19th century private-detective agency have in common? Each has recently been involved in litigation with a video game developer for infringing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands An International Trade Commission Final Determination in A Trademark-Based Investigation

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• The Federal Circuit issued a rare precedential decision in an appeal from a trademark- and trade dress-based ITC investigation. • In its decision, the Federal Circuit reiterated that the act of trademark registration does...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Earning Your Stripes (or Injunction): The Ninth Circuit Reiterates the Burden of Proving Irreparable Harm in Trademark Cases

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We previously posted about an Oregon federal district court’s summary judgment rulings, favorable to Adidas, in the storied battle between heavyweights Adidas and Skechers. (Adidas America, Inc. v. Skechers USA, Inc. (D. Or....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Flawed Consumer Survey Wipes Out $54 Million Verdict in Trademark Infringement Dispute

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In trademark infringement cases, consumer survey evidence can be a powerful tool. It can also badly malfunction, as Black & Decker recently experienced. ...more

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