Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 15 Aug 2018
After his video about African honey badgers went viral, Christopher Z Gordon began policing third-party use of the catchphrases. In a recent case against greeting cards manufacturers...
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 8 Aug 2018
Although Nike no longer has a clothing contract with Roger Federer, it still owns the trademark registration for the iconic stylised RF logo. However…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 8 Aug 2018
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals en banc has rejected the USPTO’s attempt to obtain attorneys’ fees in a de novo civil action. It rejected...
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 25 Jul 2018
Nike had seemingly won the copyright contest over its iconic Jumpman logo when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion of…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 11 Jul 2018
The Federal Circuit recently vacated and remanded the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s decision that the term ‘zero’ is not generic for soft drinks…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 4 Jul 2018
The US Supreme Court has issued a decision finding that patent owners can recover lost foreign profits resulting from a specific type of infringement…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 27 Jun 2018
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s decision to invalidate a US Patent and Trademark Office registration for the mark…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 20 Jun 2018
Two recent decisions reflect the increasing strength of free speech rights for authors of expressive works and the elevation of those rights over…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 13 Jun 2018
The Federal Circuit has resolved two issues regarding venue, ruling that a domestic corporation resides only in the single judicial district within…
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 23 May 2018
With viral marketing using social media hashtags on the rise, some practitioners predict an increase in the use of the merely informational refusal…