23Feb 2016

Authors: John Richards, | Practices: Copyrights, Designs, Digital Brands / Domain Names, Entertainment, European Litigation, Licensing, Patents, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transactions, U.S. Litigation | Tags: Brazil, Canada, China, color, Community Trademark, Copyright, CTM, European Union, Madrid, Patent, Patent Litigation, Trademark, U.K./E.U. Litigation, U.S. Litigation, United Kingdom, United States

2016: Developments in Intellectual Property Law You Should Know About

This year the IP world will be brimming with changes, the largest of which will take place in the European Union. Sweeping reforms in EU trademark law will be implemented in March as well as the likelihood of the Unitary Patent making its debut in...

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05Aug 2015

Authors: Matthew D. Asbell, | Practices: Trademarks, U.S. Litigation | Tags: disparaging marks, Trademark, U.S. Litigation

REDSKINS affirmed as disparaging. Appealed to 4th Circuit.

On July 8, 2015, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Pro-Football, Inc. v. Amanda Blackhorse, et al.1, affirmed the TTAB’s decision to cancel the six Redskins trademarks from Federal Registration, finding that...

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23Feb 2015

Authors: Matthew D. Asbell, | Practices: Trademarks, U.S. Litigation | Tags: Jury, Tacking, Trademark, U.S. Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court: Trademark Tacking Should Be Determined By the Jury

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24Nov 2014

Practices: Trademarks | Tags: Fraud on the Trademark Office, opposition, Trademark, U.S. Litigation, United States

Nationstar Mortgage v. Ahmad: fraud on the USPTO is alive again

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30Apr 2014

Practices: Copyrights, European Litigation, U.S. Litigation | Tags: Europe, U.K./E.U. Litigation, U.S. Litigation, uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States

Star Wars Stormtrooper Helmets, U.K. Not Copyrightable, U.S. Infringement

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