As the U.S. cannabis market continues to grow at an extraordinary pace, a number of celebrities and companies have extended their names or brands to cannabis products via partnerships with licensed growers and dispensaries. On the celebrity side, these partnerships include Willie’s Reserve (Willie Nelson),…
On August 31, 2018, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China promulgated the E-Commerce Law of the People‘s Republic of China (“Law”) which will come into effect on January 1, 2019. As Chinese e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba,…
The long awaited date for implementation of Canada’s amended Trademarks Act has been announced. The amendments will come into force on June 17, 2019, creating significant changes for trademark practice in Canada. The amendments to the Trademarks Act, announced in 2014, were made to allow…
Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit ruled that under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 1836, et seq.) (“DTSA”), a defendant is not the “prevailing party” by virtue of a plaintiff voluntarily dismissing a DTSA claim, where the dismissal is without prejudice. The…
For our U.S. readers with Thanksgiving and food still on their minds, the TMCA thought it would be timely to comment on recent news from Europe about cheese. The Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that there was no copyright in the…
The TMCA is back from the 2018 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference, Upping Your Game: Pragmatic Business and Compliance Strategies. While in Chicago, we had the privilege of obtaining a comprehensive review of this year in marketing law and gained some insight into the areas of…
Obtaining trademark registration for color trademarks can be a complicated undertaking. In a recent precedential opinion, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in In re Forney Industries, Inc. weighed in on the registrability of a color mark when used on product packaging, holding that: (1) color…
Earlier this year, we wrote about the First Circuit’s decision in In re Tempnology, LLC, a bankruptcy case in which the First Circuit cemented a circuit split over whether a trademark licensee could retain its trademark rights after a debtor rejected the trademark license under…
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), billed as the most important development in data privacy regulation in at least 20 years, arrived with a bang in May of this year and companies have been scrambling to implement compliance measures that will avoid its stiff…
In the latest chapter of a long-running trademark dispute involving the outsole used by Converse, Inc. with its well-known CHUCK TAYLOR shoes, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a ruling vacating an International Trade Commission decision that went against Converse and booting the…
Jeffrey CadwellJeff advises clients on the availability, registrability, and stre...
Michael KeyesJ. Michael Keyes is an intellectual property attorney with exten...
Kaleb McNeelyAs a partner in the Trial Group, Kaleb practices primarily in the ...
Sarah RobertsonSarah has over fifteen years’ experience helping clients prot...
Fara SunderjiFara assists clients in the development and execution of all type...
Charlene KroghCharlene Krogh is a Partner in Dorsey’s top-ranked Tradem...
Evan EveristEvan is a partner in Dorsey’s Trademark, Copyright and Adverti...