The Ninth Circuit issued two opinions in BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP v. Central Coast Agriculture, Inc. finding judicial power over pending trademark applications and an exception shielding trademark registrations for marks used...more
6/11/2024
/ Brand ,
Cannabis Products ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Counterclaims ,
Judicial Review ,
Lanham Act ,
Tobacco ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition ,
USPTO
The Supreme Court granted certiorari and will review the Federal Circuit’s opinion that Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional as applied to a trademark for the term TRUMP TOO SMALL. The TRUMP TOO SMALL trademark...more
During the 2016 presidential primaries, then presidential candidates Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio exchanged insults, with Trump calling Rubio “Little Marco” and Rubio commenting on the size of Trumps hands.
Recently,...more
4/21/2022
/ Donald Trump ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
Name and Likeness ,
Public Figures ,
Right of Publicity ,
Right to Privacy ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Anyone who saw the Special Delivery commercial during the Super Bowl is familiar with Bud Light’s “No Corn Syrup” campaign. The Special Delivery commercial made it pretty clear that Miller Light and Coors Light are brewed...more