In a 10 – 2  decision, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc this morning decided Lexmark v. Impression, holding that when a product is sold subject to  a lawful re-sale or use restriction, this restriction is effective to prevent...

The Eastern District of Virginia followed the TTAB’s finding of fraud in Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. v. Mujahid Ahmad and Nationstar Mortgage, Inc., as reported at https://ladasparry.wpengine.com/news/nationstar-mortgage-v-ahmad-fraud-uspto-alive/,...

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in In Re Simon Shiao Tam today that the Lanham’s Act’s proscription of disparaging trademarks is unconstitutional because the government has no legitimate interest in banning even hurtful...

Following the holding of the U.S. Supreme Court that decisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) can have preclusive effect, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the ordinary...

In Akamai v. Limelight, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled en banc that a method claim in a patent may be infringed by multiple...

On August 4, 2015, Pro-football, Inc. filed an appeal of the July 8, 2015 decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Pro-Football, Inc. v. Amanda Blackhorse, et al. See our article on this...