Twelve years after the Federal Circuit’s landmark In re Bose decision on fraud, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) has answered one of the questions not reached by Bose: whether reckless disregard of the truth...more
12/2/2021
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Incontestability Clauses ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Objective Falsity ,
Reckless Disregard ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
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A recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) decision provided long-awaited guidance for challenging .SUCKS domain names. Sanofi v. Privacy Hero Inc./Honey Salt, ltd, which was decided by a three arbitrator...more
Even devoted comic book fans and other true believers might not know that the term “Comic-Con” is meant to refer to the king of comic conventions - the San Diego Comic Convention (“SDCC”) - not all comic conventions in...more
Earlier this year the United States Patent and Trademark Office proposed a rule requiring foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Proceedings to be represented by...more
Fan boys and fan girls may soon see changes to the names of their favorite pop culture events given a federal jury’s recent ruling that the term “Comic-Con” is not generic, but instead a valid, federally-registered trademark...more