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Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Top Five Recent Developments in Section 337 Litigation

2023 was an exciting year for Section 337 litigation at the ITC and 2024 is off to an equally interesting start. In this article, Libbie DiMarco reviews five of the most interesting recent developments in Section 337...more

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Deterring the Counterfeits: Finding an Antidote for Global Businesses

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When thinking of counterfeit products, minds may wander to a person on the street selling near-authentic looking bags, sunglasses, and watches, for a fraction of the price of what would be paid at a store. But what if there...more

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Trump Administration Cracks Down on Counterfeit and Other Goods Imported Contrary to Law - US Government Announces First Step in...

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Last week, the Trump Administration announced a plan to crack down on the sales of contraband and counterfeit goods online. The steps will affect a number of parties in the supply chain from importers and sellers to customs...more

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New Bill Would Authorize US Customs to Enforce Design Patents

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Currently, CBP is empowered to seize counterfeit merchandise or packaging that violates those copyrights, trademarks, and trade names that have been previously recorded with CBP. The Bill would allow CBP to make similar...more

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Bi-partisan legislation would permit U.S. Customs to seize counterfeits infringing design patents

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The Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019 aims to close a loophole in the current law and provide U.S. Customs the authority to seize counterfeit goods infringing design patents....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Hobby Games Industry Needs to Up Its Game to Fight Counterfeiting - Intellectual Property News

Like many industries, the hobby games (HG) industry suffered from unprecedented counterfeiting problems in recent years. Despite steadily rising popularity, until recently HGs were not much affected by piracy and...more

Dechert LLP

More Tariffs: New Tariffs Target Chinese Imports

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The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced 25% tariffs on Chinese goods on June 15, targeting industrial goods that amount to roughly US$34 billion in annual exports to the United States, with a review underway for an...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Section 337 and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

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As shown by the recent announcement by the Trump Administration of a Section 232(b) national security review of steel imports, (a type of investigation that has not been used since 2001), there are a number of ways in which...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Trump Administration Takes New Actions to Enforce Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties and Customs Laws"

On March 31, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Trade Representative and the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

U.S. Customs and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

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During the campaign, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) was mostly mentioned by President Trump in the context of illegal immigration. Controlling the flow of people, however, is only one of the jobs of CBP, which is part...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CBP’s New Task Force and the Long Road Ahead to Trade Law Enforcement

Earlier this month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced the establishment of a Trade Enforcement Task Force within its Office of Trade. According to the CBP, the Task Force is designed to “further protect...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act Enhances U.S. Intellectual Property Protections

Substantive changes to IP protection in the recently signed Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (the Act) may be advantageous to U.S. IP owners. However, many of the Act's enforcement tools still need to be...more

King & Spalding

ITC Section 337 Update – March 2016

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BriarTek IP, Inc. Petitions for Writ of Certiorari - On February 10, 2016, BriarTek IP, Inc. filed a petition for writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that...more

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