We previously posted about an Oregon federal district court’s summary judgment rulings, favorable to Adidas, in the storied battle between heavyweights Adidas and Skechers. (Adidas America, Inc. v. Skechers USA, Inc. (D. Or. 2017)). Earlier in the case, the district court entered a preliminary injunction…
In 2015, we wrote about the District of New Hampshire Bankruptcy Court’s decision in In re Tempnology, LLC. That decision was significant because it bucked a recent trend in bankruptcy jurisprudence to permit trademark licensees to retain their trademark rights even after debtor trademark licensors…
From time to time, we publish updates on changes to trademark laws that may impact our readers and their IP registration and enforcement strategies. Once again, Mexico is making changes to its trademark system (recall Mexico added an opposition system in 2016). The proposed amendments…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: an OB-GYN you probably don’t know named Dr. Drai applies to register his name as a trademark and ends up in a dispute with famous rapper Dr. Dre because the rapper fears there will be confusion between…
Starting this weekend, roughly 10,000 legal professionals from across the globe will begin converging on the great City of Seattle for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association. There are so many fun, interesting, and exciting things to do in the Pacific Northwest. …
May 7 was no day at the beach for Multi-Media Tech. Ventures, Ltd., whose registrations for the mark GIDGET were cancelled in a precedential opinion by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Yazhong Investing, Ltd. v. Multi-Media Tech. Ventures, Ltd. It is unclear whether there is…
Maybe you’ve applied to register a trademark. Maybe you already own a registered trademark. Maybe you’re using your mark but haven’t yet applied to register it. Maybe you don’t even know what a trademark is and how it differs from a copyright. Either way,…
A top favorite to win this weekend’s Kentucky Derby is a colt named Justify, whose parents were Stage Magic and Scat Daddy. Other contenders include Free Drop Billy, Firenze Fire, Lone Sailor, and Magnum Moon. The strange names are as much a part of Derby…
If you were a devoted listener of season one of Serial, you probably already know that last month the Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided that Adnan Syed deserves a new trial. What you may not know is that three days before, the Trademark Trial…
It’s finally the start of baseball season: you can almost feel the gentle spring breeze, smell the peanuts and popcorn, and hear the crack of the bat. You may also notice something more colorful, dotted, and perhaps camo-patterned wrapped around those bats: nope, it’s not…
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