Non profit trademark owners can be protective about their brand names, too.
Competing Alzheimer’s foundations recently battled it out in a trademark opposition before the Board. In the end, the Board was more charitable to the Opposer, ruling in its
Hermès owns various trademark registrations for the marks Hermès, BIRKIN, and in the configuration of its BIRKIN bag. Defendant Mason Rothschild, is a digital artist who created a METABIRKINS line of NFTs, digital art pieces that depict furry versions of
Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff’s claims for statutory damages, as its infringement began prior to the filing of plaintiff’s earliest copyright applications. Plaintiff argued that defendant’s ongoing infringement, which occurred subsequent to plaintiff’s latest filings, would be subject to possible
We recently spoke with Marcello do Nascimento regarding trademark and brand protection strategies in Brazil. Marcello is the managing partner of David do Nascimento, an IP boutique firm with offices in São Paulo city and Rio de Janeiro city.
Application of multi-factor first-to-file rule in SDNY copyright action, resulting in transfer to Mississippi.
By Tom James, Minnesota attorney
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020. Most people have heard of the provisions relating to COVID-19, such as rental and other kinds of financial assistance,
Although plaintiff Remy Martin owns a registration for its claimed trade dress in its cognac bottle, and even though it provided images of the drawings from its registrations and of the relevant bottles, plaintiff did not clearly and separately identify
Class action alleging various New York state torts including false advertising arising from the Jets and Giants identifying themselves as New York teams when they play in New Jersey. Note to out-of-towners – both the Jets and the Giants have
The Cuban government seized Bacardi’s assets in Cuba in 1960. While the assignee of those rights may not lawfully utilize the mark in the U.S., the U.S. government will not extinguish any rights the assignee may have in the U.,S.
U.S. trademark expungement and reexamination proceedings are now available. This constitutes a major development in U.S. trademark practice. A result of the U.S. Trademark Modernization Act., the new rules became effective December 18, 2021.
As ex parte proceedings, trademark reexamination