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Baker Donelson

Baker's Trademark Developments of 2024

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2024 has been a busy year in all intellectual property. It has been especially busy in trademark law. Here are the top seven cases in trademark law to date....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Cognac Scores a Win for Certification Marks

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Cognac, which originates from a specific region of France and is named after the commune of Cognac, is far more popular outside its native country. Indeed, according to the industry group Bureau National Interprofessional du...more

Erise IP

What’s Trending in Trademarks, July 2024: Suit Against Prime Hydration Puts Unique Olympic Trademark Law on Display; Are Two...

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Suit...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

VEUVE CLICQUOT v. VEUVE OLIVIER: TTAB Favours Petitioner as Respondent Defaults in Cancellation Action

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In MHCS v Les Grands Chais De France (Cancellation No 92075021, 8 March 2024), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has granted a petition for cancellation brought by viticulture giant MHCS against a mark owned by the...more

Erise IP

What’s Trending in Trademarks, May 2024: Taylor Swift Fans Analyze Latest Trademark Filing; San Francisco Sues Over San Francisco...

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Taylor...more

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What’s Trending in Trademarks, February 2024: Fruity Pebbles Denied Color Mark, Captain Cannabis Cancellation, Trader Joe’s vs....

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Fruity...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Federal Circuit Turns the Burden on Trademark Owners to Prove Identical Third-Party Marks Are Not in Use

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In Spireon, Inc. v. Flex Ltd., No. 2022-1578 (Fed. Cir. June 26, 2023), the Federal Circuit took a surprising turn in which it held that it is the trademark owner’s burden to prove that identical third-party marks put forth...more

A&O Shearman

"Sparks flew" in trade mark case about online dating services: Match Group, LLC v Muzmatch Limited

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The Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that an online dating service trading as MUZMATCH and targeting Islamic customers has infringed the trade marks of the Match Group. The judgment provides useful insight into how...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Battle of the Brands

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Summer 2023 is heating up to be the Summer of Barbie. Last week Mattel filed a Notice of Opposition against Burberry’s proposed “BRBY” trademark with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board asserting likelihood of confusion with...more

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Extraterritorial Reach of the Lanham Act

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The Supreme Court recently ruled in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. that Lanham Act (Act) remedies for trademark infringement do not extend to infringing conduct that takes place outside the United...more

Hogan Lovells

Trademark Insight 05/2023 – Europäische Union & Deutschland // Country Focus - Italien Aktuelle markenrechtliche Entscheidungen...

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Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, wir freuen uns, Ihnen mit dieser Ausgabe des TRADEMARK INSIGHT eine Neuerung vorzustellen: Auf vielfache Anregung werden wir künftig jeweils in einer neuen Rubrik (Country Focus) nach den...more

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Trademark Insight 04/2023 – European Union & Germany - Current decisions on trademark law from Germany, Alicante & Luxembourg

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In this issue of TRADEMARK INSIGHT we have once again compiled some interesting decisions of the recent months. Below you will find our summaries of decisions of German courts, the EUIPO Boards of Appeal and the GC, which are...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Parody, trademarks and the courts

Delineating the boundaries between trademark protection and protected speech has been a long-contested legal issue. On one hand, the Lanham Act governs the use of trademarks to protect consumers from a likelihood of confusion...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Strike 1: Priority. Strike 2 :Likelihood of Confusion. Strike 3: You’re Out under Section 2(d).

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The Trademark Trial & Appeal Board affirmed the rejection of three trademark applications, finding that the applied-for marks would cause confusion with a record-setting major league baseball player. Major League Baseball...more

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No Spark Here: TTAB Refuses to Register Similar Mark for Real Estate Services

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board’s refusal to register a mark due to the “close similarity” between the applied-for mark and a previously registered mark. In Re:...more

Polsinelli

Relax Jack...It’s Only a Joke!

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Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. (Docket 22-148) On March 22, 2023, VIP Products LLC told the Supreme Court that its parody Bad Spaniels whiskey-bottle-shaped dog toys do not violate the Lanham Act...more

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Trademark Insight 02/2023 – Europäische Union & Deutschland Aktuelle markenrechtliche Entscheidungen aus Deutschland, Alicante und...

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Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, auch im letzten Monat gab es wieder interessante Entscheidungen, die wir Ihnen in der aktuellen Ausgabe des TRADEMARK INSIGHT zusammengestellt haben. Sie lesen nachfolgend unsere Zusammenfassungen...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: Tiger Lily Ventures Ltd. v. Barclays Capital Inc.,...

Barclays Capital Inc. filed oppositions with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) against Tiger Lily Ventures Ltd.’s two applications for the standard character mark “LEHMAN BROTHERS” alleging that Tiger Lily’s marks...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

Sunstein LLP

The Long Arm of Trademark Law: Where do we draw the line?

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Can a United States court really award tens of millions of dollars in damages for violation of US trademark law under the Lanham Act where the conduct at issue did not even take place in the United States? According to a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - November 2022: Priority Pitfalls

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s recently issued precedential decision dismissing an opposition alleging a likelihood of confusion between the registered mark SMOK and a pending application for the mark SMOKES and...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - November 2022

Thank you for reading the November 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we address a precedential TTAB decision that presents interesting priority issues relating in particular to the...more

BakerHostetler

Chicago Cubs score home run in their opposition against a stylized version of the letter “C”

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In many countries, marks such as single letters or numerals are considered nondistinctive. This is not so in the US, which has a very broad definition of what comprises a trademark in 15 U.S.C. Section 1127...more

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Kardashian’s ‘SKKN by Kim’ Brand Facing Legal Uncertainty

Kim Kardashian has been hit with a lawsuit by New York-based Beauty Concepts LLC over Kardashian’s recently launched skincare line, “SKKN by Kim.” Beauty Concepts filed a complaint in the Eastern District of New York against...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Federal Circuit Court Denies "Lehman Brothers" Trademark for Whiskey

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 1, 2022, issued an order in favor of Barclays Capital Inc. (Barclays) in relation to its opposition to a trademark application for LEHMAN BROTHERS. The court affirmed...more

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