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Pleadings Trademark Litigation

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Seventh Circuit Affirms a Pleading Error to the Tune of $5 Million

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Despite winning a trademark infringement lawsuit, the Seventh Circuit held the plaintiff was not entitled to almost $5 million in additional damages because it incorrectly included the main defendant’s corporate divisions as...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Choosing Owner Entities WISELY

In a recent precedential decision, the TTAB clarified whether a party filing an Opposition is entitled to allege a family of marks as a basis for a Section 2(d) claim when those marks are not all owned by a single legal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Acquiescence Defense – Don’t Try to Use It Too Early

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded a district court decision, finding that the defendant’s attempt to have a trademark infringement lawsuit dismissed at the pleading stage based on an...more

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