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Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit—a look at recent Federal Circuit decisions impacting the intellectual property community.

Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit—a look at recent Federal Circuit decisions impacting the intellectual property community.

"Dividing a marital estate poses a multitude of challenges for the matrimonial practitioner. Some of the more discrete and greatly underestimated components of the martial estate are the assets often unseen:

On December 5, 2019, the Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019 (CGSA) was introduced to the U.S. Senate. If enacted into law, the CGSA would allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

The value of a brand is becoming increasingly important in today's economy. With the massive growth of the internet, businesses can project their image worldwide with ease.

Jerome Gilson and Anne Gilson LaLonde’s recent LexisNexis article "Proving Ownership Online ... And Keeping It: The Internet’s Impact on Trademark Use and Coexistence," was published in The Trademark Reporter.

Pryor Cashman successfully settled a trademark dispute on behalf of client Bare Meats Inc. Following the settlement, a Queens, New York-based restaurant will be renamed Andrew Bellucci's Pizzeria.

Pryor Cashman has been shortlisted in three categories for Managing IP Americas Awards 2026...

On January 18, 2023, the US Patent & Trademark Office announced the launch of its new Intellectual Property (IP) Identifier tool. This tool is designed for those who are less familiar with IP and assists users...

The PTO recently announced a change in practice that may significantly reduce the number of registrations inadvertently cancelled for failure to file the required declaration of use/renewal documents.

On the same day that the International Olympic Committee announced it would postpone the Tokyo 2020 games until 2021, Puma applied to register the trademark PUMA TOKYO 2021 with...

Richard Rivera wrote the article, "Quixotic Applicant Cannot Register Tilted Windmill Design," published in the latest International Trademark Association Bulletin. Below is an excerpt

A federal court in New York has awarded Van Leeuwen Ice Cream $23 million in disgorged profits after finding that Rebel Creamery intentionally infringed on Van Leeuwen's distinctive trade dress through near-identical packaging design. The ruling addresses the use of monochrome pastel cardboard packaging with minimalist designs and black cursive script, which the court determined created consumer confusion in the ice cream market.

The Trademark Trial & Appeal Board issued a precedential decision affirming a refusal to register a mark because there was no direct association between the specimen...

"Conventional wisdom" says that the number of available trademarks is infinite, or nearly so. Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne C. Fromer of New York University School of Law challenge that assertion in their enlightening article...

In my role as a trademark thought leader (LOL!), I recommend two recent articles that caught my interest and I think will catch yours.

Today after a ruling by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that the marks were disparaging to Native Americans...

Yesterday the ICANN Board adopted a Temporary Specification for GDPR compliance, pursuant to the procedure under ICANN's Registry Agreements and Registrar Accreditation Agreement.