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Foreign Company's Purposeful US Activities Blemishes Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Defense

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a complaint, finding that the foreign defendant was subject to specific personal jurisdiction in the United States in light of the...more

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Rare TTAB §2(d) Reversal Where Examiner Failed to Heed Rules of Evidence

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While browsing back issues of the indispensable Allen’s Trademark Digest, the blurb for the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board’s decision in the appeal In re Micros Systems, Inc. caught my eye. It was a rarely-seen reversal of an...more

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Trademark Review | September 2015

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The TTAB Finds Confusion Between WINEBUD Wine and BUD Beer The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) found that Applicant’s mark WINEBUD for wine is confusingly similar to Anheuser-Busch’s (“AB”) BUD mark. The TTAB...more

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No Clear Notice, No Contempt - U.S. Polo Ass’n, Inc. v. PRL USA Holdings, Inc.

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In the latest episode of a 30-year dispute over the use of marks depicting mounted polo players, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the district court’s order finding contempt of a 2012 injunction. U.S....more

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