In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Jack Daniels Properties Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, 599 U.S. 140 (2023), the Ninth Circuit reversed its earlier decision affirming that a publication called Punchbowl News did not...more
Over a year after the world shut down from the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel that is a return to normalcy. Unfortunately, other countries are still deep in the...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the title of a webcast, which included two trademarks belonging to another party, constituted nominative fair use, which protected the defendants from trademark...more
2/7/2019
/ Advertising ,
Endorsements ,
Fair Use ,
Goods or Services ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Marketing ,
Nominative Fair Use Doctrine ,
Sponsors ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari to consider whether damages for infringement of a U.S. patent include lost profits resulting from activities outside the U.S....more
1/19/2018
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Foreign Sales ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Litigation ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pending Litigation ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Solicitor General ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
In our last communication entitled “Intellectual Property: when you don’t know what you have,” we explored how businesses often fail to recognize valuable IP rights they own, and therefore, fail to appropriately protect those...more
Does my company have any material intellectual property (IP)? If so, what is it, and how do we protect it? Unfortunately, often businesses cannot correctly answer these questions, failing to recognize valuable IP rights...more
If enacted, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) could change how some trade secret misappropriation claims are litigated in Arizona. Trade secret plaintiffs generally must bring claims for misappropriation in state...more