In 2015, Reply All Corp., which owned a Registration for REPLYALL for "Computer services, namely, creating an on-line community for registered users to form groups and create publicly viewable conversations where group members are the only individuals who can contribute to the conversation" in Class 42.

Mother’s Nutritional Center applied to register the marks MOTHER’S (Stylized) and MOTHER’S NUTRITIONAL CENTER.

In the United States, federal Courts of Appeals' decisions are rendered by three judge panels unless a panel decision is reviewed and decided en banc, that is, by the entire court.

Prior to a new law enacted this year, companies that wanted to register DBA names in Delaware had to do so in each county they wanted to use them in, which usually meant all of them.

The Seventh Circuit held that the copyright protection of a fictional character cannot be extended beyond the expiration of the copyright for a work in which the character first appeared.

Medisafe, the medical glove manufacturer, applied to register a color mark, namely "the color dark green (Pantone 3285 c)...

Phony cures, pyramid schemes, counterfeit products, bait-and-switch tactics, and wildly inflated prices: these are just some of the problems that plague the marketplace in ordinary times.

This comprehensive legal update examines recent developments in intellectual property law, including a landmark Supreme Court decision on ISP liability for copyright infringement, new USPTO guidance expanding design patent protection for virtual interfaces, and significant international trademark and privacy law changes across multiple jurisdictions.

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict in favor of Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd.

The recently filed lawsuit by Nikola Corp. against Tesla, Inc. over semi-truck designs illustrates various enforcement issues regarding design patents, and also provides insights into how multiple design patents ...

The first WALDORF-ASTORIA hotel opened in New York City in the 1930s, and it was acquired by Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1949, the predecessor to Hilton Worldwide Holding LLP.

The facts of the case as relevant here are relatively straightforward. The plaintiff, B&B Hardware ("B&B"), has since 1993 owned a federal registration for the mark SEALTIGHT for metal fasteners used in the aerospace industry.

Foreign owners of U.S. trademark registrations have a problem. They obtain a U.S. registration, without using the mark in the U.S., based on a home country registration.

The leading Federal legislative effort is the "Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025" a/k/a the "NO FAKES Act."...

Lance Hara, a "well-known Drag Queen in Hollywood" professionally known as Vicky Vox, sued Netflix. The suit concerned Netflix's use of Vox's likeness...

In CandyVerse, LLC v. Zeeth Ltd., the TTAB addressed an issue of first impression, holding entities organized in the British Virgin Islands are entitled to claim priority under Section 44(d) of the Trademark Act even though the Virgin Islands ...

In the last week, two different federal district judges in the Northern District of California issued rulings in the first substantive decisions addressing whether use of extensive copyrighted material to train generative AI models is permissible fair use.