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De Novo Or Abuse Of Discretion? Trademarks, The Unclean Hands Defense, And Summary Judgment Review

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The Ninth Circuit recently considered an issue of first impression: What standard of review does an appellate court apply when reviewing a district court’s grant of summary judgment in a trademark infringement case on the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Biomaterials and Unclean Hands

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This week, we take a look at the Ninth Circuit’s decisions construing the Biomaterials Access Assurance Act’s immunity for “biomaterials suppliers” and addressing the standard of review when a district court grants summary...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Naming Conventions: According to the Ninth Circuit, Not Every Comic Convention Is a “Comic-Con”

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Even devoted comic book fans and other true believers might not know that the term “Comic-Con” is meant to refer to the king of comic conventions - the San Diego Comic Convention (“SDCC”) - not all comic conventions in...more

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Company’s Covert Monitoring of Former Employees’ Private Facebook Messenger Conversations Was Not “Unclean Hands” - Preventing...

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The equitable defense of "unclean hands" is often raised but rarely proven. Sometimes stated as "he who comes into equity must come with clean hands," it is based on the maxim that "he that hath committed iniquity shall not...more

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