Infringement

Two co-owners of the JADE mark had an unencumbered right to use the mark, were within their rights to license their interest in the mark to another singer, and could not be held liable to another co…

Recently, the Appeals Chamber of the Commercial Court in Kosovo has overturned a €5,000 fine against an importer of PUMA sportswear, setting a pattern that has confused right holders [K. Dh. Sh. II…

Web3 domains have long been seen as a fringe issue - complex, decentralized, and outside the scope of most brand protection strategies. Many trademark professionals and brand owners have…

Of Sea Lions and SEAT Leons: Swiss Court Weighs in on Automobile TrademarksHow different do “animal trademarks” need to be to coexist in the Swiss market? A recent decision from the Swiss Federal…

 In today’s e-commerce-driven world, the liability of online marketplace like Amazon or eBay for trademark infringement is and remains a hot legal topic. The issue has become increasingly complex as…

The panel said that the district court properly analyzed the strength-of-mark factor as a question of law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court judgment that…

District court erred in dismissing infringement claims for failure to articulate trade dress with precision; unfair competition claims revived as federal claims reinstated. The U.S. Court of Appeals…

In my previous articles—Trademark Squatting in Kazakhstan: From Russia with Love and its Part II—I reported cases where Russian companies attempted to register trademarks of well-known foreign brands…

In front of the Basic Civil Court Skopje, in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia (“The Civil Court”) in 2022 a case has been initiated between two companies in the konditorei industry, one from…