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Legal Intelligencer: No End-Run Piercing: Lessons From ‘Mortimer’ and ‘Dewberry’
Taken together, Mortimer and Dewberry define both opportunity and constraint. They confirm that Pennsylvania trial courts may develop an enterprise liability doctrine but also underscore that no amount of judicial…
IP IQ
Earmuffs, Kids: The Federal Circuit Delivers the F-bomb Right Back to the TTAB
By Stephanie D. Scruggs, Angela Holt
The Federal Circuit’s recent precedential decision in In re Erik Brunetti has surely raised some eyebrows in the trademark community (and beyond), not just for its subject matter (the attempted…
Crypto Digest
9th Circuit Marches Forward to the Future Finding Digital Assets Are Protected Under Trademark Law
By Jeffrey Handelman, Helen Ogunyanwo
The Ninth Circuit ruled that NFTs are not just digital collectibles but legally recognized goods under the Lanham Act. Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, Case No. 24-879…
FinTalk
9th Circuit Marches Forward to the Future Finding Digital Assets Are Protected Under Trademark Law
By Helen Ogunyanwo, Jeffrey Handelman
The Ninth Circuit ruled that NFTs are not just digital collectibles but legally recognized goods under the Lanham Act. Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, Case No. 24-879…
Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog
Double Fault: Trademark Registrations (or Lack Thereof) in the World of Tennis
By Owen Wolfe
Photograph by the author, featuring the trademarked US OPEN design mark. It’s that time of year where, for two weeks in late August and early September, tens of thousands of…
The Brand Protection Blog
Never Give Up: How SIDECAR SLIDER BAR Proves Persistence Pays Off in Trademark Prosecution
Bucking the trend of recent Section(d) refusal affirmances, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) delivered a surprising victory to the applicant in In re Restaurant Concept Management, LLC,[1] finding…
Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog
Taylor Swift’s Trademark Era: How The Life of a Showgirl Reinforces Her IP Empire
Taylor Swift isn’t just a pop icon—she’s a master of intellectual property strategy. With the announcement of her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, Swift once again demonstrated…
Product Perspective: Complex Tort & Product Law
Burger King Corp.’s Motion to Dismiss Denied in Deceptive Advertising Class Action Lawsuit
By Audrey Allen, Robert Rakers, Ronald Tran
In Walter Coleman, et al. v. Burger King Corp., No. 22-20925 (S.D. Fla.), a putative class of consumers from thirteen states alleges that Burger King’s advertising for items such as…
Pay or Play
The NO FAKES Act: Including the Potential Federal Right of Publicity in Catalog Acquisitions
Among the most dominant trends in the music industry over the past decade has been the proliferation of investment in catalogs of musical compositions and sound recordings. While many investors’…
The Trademark Blog
2d Circuit: AL Infinity v Spalter, et. al.; plaintiff established prima facie case thru declaration that defendants’ ALTECT LANSING goods were not authorized
AL INFINITY LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HERSCHEL SPALTER, ISSER BOYARSKY, DOES 1-10, Defendants-Appellees,CROWN CELL INC., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, WESTVIEW INDUSTRIES, INC., Third-Party-Defendant. 24-1412, (Second Circuit July 15, 2025) District Court's Error on Authorization…