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Proskauer Rose LLP

The Stakes in Your TTAB Opposition Proceeding Just Went Way Up: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board "Likelihood of Confusion"...

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Yesterday the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. et al., case number 13-352, 575 U.S. ___ (2015), holding that likelihood of confusion determinations by the...more

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Supreme Court Trademark Decision - TTAB Findings Can Be Binding in Court Cases

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TTAB Registration Decisions May Have Issue Preclusion Effect - On March 24, 2015, in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., the Supreme Court raised the stakes and importance of decisions by the Trademark...more

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Supreme Court: TTAB Proceedings Can Have Preclusive Effect in Federal Court

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in B&B Hardware v. Hargis Industries that likelihood-of-confusion decisions by the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) can have preclusive...more

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Alert: Supreme Court Holds that Trademark Board Rulings on Confusion May Bind Later Infringement Litigation

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") decisions on likelihood of confusion in disputes over registration may preclude relitigation of the issue in a later suit for trademark...more

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SCOTUS Today: TTAB Decisions, Not Federal Courts Will Be Final Arbiter in Many Trademark Cases

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Tuesday the Supreme Court, in B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries Inc. et al., case number 13-352, decided that Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") decisions preclude federal courts from ruling on issues that are...more

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Supreme Court Holds That TTAB Decisions on Likelihood of Confusion May Bind Courts in Infringement Litigation

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In a 7 – 2 decision issued March 24, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held that decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) on the issue of likelihood of confusion, made in registration cases, can be binding on...more

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