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
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
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Endorsements ,
Fair Use ,
Goods or Services ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Marketing ,
Nominative Fair Use Doctrine ,
Sponsors ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks
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