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USA - December 7 2020 In a precedential decision, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) affirmed the refusal to…
USA - November 4 2020 Slogans can, but do not always, function as trademarks. To be sure, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) frequently allows slogans…
USA - October 8 2020 On September 30, 2020, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled in favor of the assignee of the famous Lehman BROTHERS trademark against the…
USA - July 7 2020 On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court (the “Court”), in an 8-1 decision, affirmed the Fourth Circuit’s holding that “BOOKING.COM” is a protectable…
USA - May 18 2020 On May 14, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held in Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc., et al. V. Marcel Fashion Group Inc., that a party is not…
USA - May 14 2020 The Lanham Act (“Act”) makes it clear that generic terms cannot be registered as trademarks. But can an online business create a protectable…
USA - May 12 2020 In a recent precedential decision concerning the rarely litigated or cited Section 2(b) of the Lanham Act, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board…
USA - May 4 2020 On April 27, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held, in Georgia et al. V. Public.Resource.Org., Inc., in a 5-4 decision, that Copyright Law does…
USA - April 29 2020 On April 23, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., FKA Fossil, Inc., et al., that under the…
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…