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Revving Up The Trade Dress Standard: Articulation First 

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Cardinal Motors, Inc. v. H&H Sports Protection USA Inc., No. 23-cv-7586 (2d Cir. Feb. 6, 2025) - On February 6, 2025, the Second Circuit held that the “articulation requirement” for a trade dress complaint—a pleading...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

The Supreme Court Clarifies Definition of “Defendant’s Profits” Under the Lanham Act

On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. unanimously held that an award of “defendant’s profits” under the Lanham Act in a trademark infringement suit is only ascribable to the...more

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The Supreme Court Update - February 26, 2025

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today: Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc., No. 23-900: The Court held that in awarding the “defendant’s profits” to the prevailing plaintiff in a...more

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Trade Dress Requires Separate Articulation and Distinctiveness Requirements

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s dismissal of a complaint for trade dress infringement and unfair competition, finding that the district court erred in requiring the...more

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In Trademark Infringement Cases, Your Right to a Jury Trial May Depend on Whether Actual Damages or the Infringer’s Profits Are...

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By way of a precedential decision published on April 23, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit joined the Sixth and Ninth Circuits in holding that trademark owners who seek disgorgement of the infringer’s profits in lieu of actual...more

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