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The Supreme Court's decision in Varsity Brands Inc. et al. v. Star Athletica LLC stands to impact how brands in all sorts of industries can protect design-based copyrights. But exactly how remains to be seen.

As reported recently, Facebook has dropped its suit against Lamebook, the subject of our prior blog entry, pursuant to a settlement agreement. This followed Facebook’s unsuccessful attempt to have the case transferred to its home turf in the Northern District of California.

The Supreme Court agreed on September 29 to consider whether a provision of the Lanham Act that allows the USPTO to refuse to register "disparaging" trademarks violates the constitutional right to free speech.

Ethical duties are paramount in any legal practice. Matters relating to copyright, trademark and advertising law give rise to some special ethical considerations.

The Court's ruling addresses a long-standing dispute over the trademark issue.

Designer Christian Louboutin got the idea for his iconic, red-soled shoes when, believing that a pair of sky-high black pumps "lacked energy," he applied red nail polish to the bottom.

The maker of "My Other Bag" tote bags received its hoped-for holiday gift in late December when the Second Circuit affirmed the district court's earlier grant of a summary judgment...

This week eight of the nine states voting on the issue said yes to cannabis decriminalization but the USPTO continues to say no.

Under a recent decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Mattel won’t be able to register "Motown Metal" to identify its new line of Hot Wheels toy cars, which include a 1970 Chevrolet, 1965 Ford Mustang, and a 1969 Pontiac GTO.

In Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc., No. 2023-2050 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2025), the Federal Circuit affirmed the TTAB's dismissal of Rebecca Curtin's opposition to United Trademark...

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the "TTAB"), in a relatively rare decision that a trademark is "scandalous" has refused registration to a trademark for a bottle shaped like a hand with its middle finger extended upwards as pictured below.

Milbank secured an important victory in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington on behalf of Boards & More GmbH and Boards & More Inc....

Whether student athletes should be permitted to earn money off of their name, image and likeness (NIL) has been hotly debated for years.

Inter partes review has become an enormously popular method of challenging patents.

Right on the heels of our surname blog comes a New York Times article on a long-running trademark litigation over rights to the Borghese surname.

Establishing an effective level of trademark protection for a fledgling beauty brand is a delicate balancing act of limited resources. While most companies see value in clearing...

The Tennessee Titans’ recent signing of Dexter McCluster got me thinking about one of my favorite branding stories.

After the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on ICANN’s new gTLD Program on December 8, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a similar hearing this morning.