The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals explained the difference between descriptive, but enforceable, registered marks and generic non-enforceable marks in…
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The Supreme Court, in Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1962 (2014), (available here), held that the defense of…
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In Michael Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation LLC and Underground Printing-Wisconsin, LLC, 766 F.3d 756 (7th Cir. 2014) (pdf available here),…
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In Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. et al. v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc. et al., Case No. 12-17502, Feb. 20, 2015 (9th…
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DC Court of Appeals find Section 230 CDA Immunity From Algorithm Use by Service Providers The Court of Appeals…
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In Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wallstreet.com, LLC, et al. (March 4, 2019)(Copy of opinion available here), the Supreme…
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A showdown of the UBER mark is taking shape in the land of orange and blue. See Uber Promotions, Inc….
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In Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG, 2014-1719 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 2016) (Available Here), the Federal Circuit found that the Board…
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The Patent Appeals Court (the Federal Circuit) reversed its previous decision that the subject patent claims were not indefinite, because…
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In TriReme Medical LLC v. Angioscore, Inc., 2015-1504 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Available Here), the Federal Circuit remanded the case back to…