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McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 5 Feb 2021
On December 27, 2020, as part of stimulus package approved by Congress, the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was signed into law. This law revived…
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Saiber LLC | USA | 20 Jan 2021
In a real-world application of the old maxim “everything old is new again,” the law regarding the need to separately prove “irreparable injury” in…
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Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 12 Jan 2021
While 2020 was an eventful year in the world of Advertising Law, it feels wrong to begin any type of “year in review” without acknowledging the…
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 28 Dec 2020
On December 27, 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) became law after it passed Congress and was signed by the President as part of…
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Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Dec 2020
Celebrities domiciled in New York State at the time of their death will soon have a transferable post-mortem right of publicity, bringing the law in…
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 25 Nov 2020
At the recent INTA 2020 Annual Meeting, Kilpatrick Townsend's Ted Davis delivered an analysis of major decisions rendered by the U.S. courts and the…
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Ellis & Winters LLP | USA | 24 Nov 2020
We’ve often discussed the power of preemption defenses to section 75-1.1 claims. Preemption is also a crucial issue in pharmaceutical and medical…
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Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 29 Oct 2020
It is generally understood that Trademark Law protects against a third party’s use of your mark or a confusingly similar mark to mislead consumers…
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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | USA | 28 Oct 2020
The interplay between circumstantial evidence under the Lanham Act’s substantive law of trade dress infringement and the rules for summary judgment…
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Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 9 Oct 2020
This week, we examine a Ninth Circuit decision addressing whether a plaintiff pursuing a Lanham Act counterfeiting claim must demonstrate that…