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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction in a copyright case even as it observed that the defendant clearly set out to copy the plaintiff’s product.

On January 19, 2017, the USPTO published a final rule that would allow the USPTO to verify whether trademark holders are using a trademark with all of the goods and services listed...

The evidence Augusta provided is a good road map for companies trying to prove rights in a color mark.

The long-running saga of Bayer v. Belmora has taken another turn. Belmora and its owner, Jamie Belcastro, have filed with the Supreme Court a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, seeking review of the Fourth Circuit's decision in ...

We have seen an increase lately in the number of solicitations that our clients have received that encourage them to submit payment for what purports to be a trademark-monitoring service or publication in a trademark directory.

On October 4, 2024, US Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) introduced HR 9922, the Litigation Transparency Act of 2024.

Sam Adams (not the founding father, the beer company) filed an application to register BOSTON 2024 recently for, well Beer.

Trademark lawyers get nervous when clients use their trademarks as verbs. Using a trademark as verb, the lawyers say, might kill the trademark by making it the generic name for a type of product...

The organization that governs the Domain Name System, ICANN, voted this week to launch the new application process for an unlimited number of new top-level domains, despite lingering doubts and objections from trademark owners and others.

It's easy to get caught up in all the excitement and enthusiasm of the Olympics, but companies and employees should be aware of the rules that govern the use of Olympic related trademarks and copyrights ...

On February 8, a federal jury in New York sided with France's storied luxury fashion company, Hermès International S.A., in a trademark battle against LA-based digital artist Mason Rothschild

I graduated from BYU in 2001 and attended law school in Anheuser-Busch Hall at Washington University in St. Louis.

On July 21st, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded to the TTAB the Board's decision in In re GJ & AM, LLC dba Cookinpellets.com ...

On September 1st from 12 to 1 PM Pacific Coast Time, Ted Davis and Yours Truly will provide a review of recent trademark cases in a webinar aptly titled...

The IP Section of the California Lawyers Association (f/k/a the California Bar Assn.) will host a webinar on June 15th from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (PST), entitled "Trademark Cases To Remember From A Year To Forget."

Did the TTAB take a wrong turn on a precedential ruling in a likelihood of confusion case last month?

Last month, gluten intolerance advocacy group Gluten Intolerance Group ("GIG") sued celebrity chef Jamie Oliver for trademark infringement and unfair business practices under the Lanham Act...