Mark S. Lafayette
Akerman LLP
Articles
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Your Ability to Secure an “Incontestable” Trademark?
USA - April 28 2020 Section 15 of the Lanham Act, subject to certain specified exceptions, provides that the right of an owner “to use a registered mark in commerce...
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Your Ability to Secure an “Incontestable” Trademark?
USA - April 10 2020 Section 15 of the Lanham Act, subject to certain specified exceptions, provides that the right of an owner “to use a registered mark in commerce...
Supreme Court Holds Ban on Immoral or Scandalous Trademarks Unconstitutional
USA - June 30 2019 On June 24, 2019, the United States Supreme Court, in Iancu v. Brunetti, reviewing the trademark application for “FUCT”, held that the Lanham’s Act’s...
Second Circuit In Vimeo Narrows The Red Flag Knowledge and Willful Blindness Exceptions To DMCA Safe Harbors
USA - July 8 2016 The Second Circuit recently decided Capitol Records, LLC, et al. v. Vimeo, LLC (2d Cir. June 16, 2016) ("Vimeo"), a landmark decision concerning the...
Second Circuit Further Clarifies DMCA Safe Harbors in Vimeo
USA - July 7 2016 The Second Circuit recently decided Capitol Records, LLC, et al. v. Vimeo, LLC, (2d Cir. June 16, 2016) (Vimeo), a landmark decision concerning the...
