'Bama gridiron IP epic up on appeal *

USA - March 2 2012
Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit heard arguments on Appeal from a 2009 decision by the Northern District of Alabama in University of Alabama Board of Trustees v. New Life Art Inc.

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Ninth Circuit ruling offers new guidance in online keyword advertising disputes *

USA - November 24 2011
On March 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a key ruling in Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc., 638 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2011).

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New guidance in an internet keyword ad case *

USA - April 22 2011
On March 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a key ruling in Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc., No. 10-5840 WL815806 (9th Cir. March 8, 2011).

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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. when what's in a place name doesn't affect the purchaser *

USA - February 1 2011
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently held that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) erred as a matter of law in applying the three-part test for primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive marks.

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Proceedings resume in TTAB action suspended over 25 years *

USA - July 16 2010
The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board recently resumed proceedings in a long suspended case, originally filed in 1982.

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