- In Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil Inc. et al., the Supreme Court held that a showing of a defendant’s willfulness is not a prerequisite for recovering an infringer’s profits for trademark infringement under the Lanham...more
4/28/2020
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§ 1125(c) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Compensatory Awards ,
Dilution ,
Lanham Act ,
Lost Profits ,
Remand ,
Remedies ,
Romag Fasteners v Fossil ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
• The Federal Circuit held that the “immoral or scandalous” clause of Lanham Act § 2(a), which prohibits registration of a trademark that “consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter,” is unconstitutional under the...more
12/20/2017
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Commercial Speech ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Intent-to-Use ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Reversal ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
On June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court in Matal v. Tam unanimously held that a portion of 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), the Lanham Act provision that prohibits the registration of trademarks that may “disparage . . . persons, living or...more
6/21/2017
/ Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Government Speech Doctrine ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
SCOTUS ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Viewpoint Discrimination
On September 23, 2015, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that will cause comic book fans and car aficionados to take notice. In DC Comics v. Mark Towle, the court held that the production and sale of replica Batmobiles...more
In light of recent, well-publicized, data security breaches at major retailers and social media company Snapchat, legislators are renewing the call for new federal laws that would strengthen data security and notification...more
1/14/2014
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Retailers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Retailers ,
Snapchat ,
Target