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Fourth Circuit Confirms: Physical Distance Does Not Avoid Trademark Confusion

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision confirming that using similar names for businesses in the same industry can result in a likelihood of confusion despite the physical distance of the entities. In...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Eye Don’t: No Counterfeiting Without Likelihood of Confusion

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Referring to the act of counterfeiting as “hard core” or “first degree” trademark infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the first time confirmed that the Lanham Act requires a likelihood of confusion...more

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Beware! A Trademark Trial and Appeals Board Decision Can Stop You in Your Tracks

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It has been a few years since the Supreme Court decision in the case B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., and we are beginning to see the aftermath in the district courts. In B&B Hardware, the Supreme Court held...more

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