Trademark Infringement, Customs and Border Protection, Trademark Registration

Five Compliance Best Practices for … Customs Intellectual Property Rights

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/14/2025

As an accompaniment to our biweekly series on What Every Multinational Should Know About various international trade, enforcement, and compliance topics, below find an update to our “Five Compliance Best Practices” series,...more

A Reminder on the Benefits of a Federal Trademark Registration

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 5/30/2025

During uncertain economic times, it may be tempting to forego the expense of filing for (or maintaining) a federal registration to protect a trademark, relying instead on common law rights acquired through use in commerce....more

Federal Trademark Registration

Verrill on 3/22/2022

Is your trademark registered? Should you register it? Why should you register it? What do you have to do? What does the process look like? Can you do it yourself or do you need to hire an attorney? These are just a few of the...more

MarkIt to Market® - June 2019: A Coexistence Caveat for Junior Users

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 7/1/2019

Many trademark disputes are resolved by coexistence agreement – a contract whereby two trademark owners agree to use similar trademarks, but with certain limitations in place to avoid a likelihood of confusion in the...more

Catching Counterfeits: Customs Recordation and IP Enforcement

Knobbe Martens on 8/15/2017

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), the primary federal agency responsible for securing America’s borders, is also charged with the protection of intellectual property rights and guarding against the infringement of...more

Beefing up border security

McAfee & Taft on 9/4/2015

With a presidential election looming, we’re hearing a lot about “border security” in the news. Most of us know that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“U.S. Customs”) is charged with keeping out illegal immigrants, but did...more