The parodist could not rely on First Amendment protection because it used the famous sneakers as a source identifier.
The maker of a sneaker that parodied a famous brand of skateboard-friendly kicks…
The marks are generic both as to “Carnival” and the geographic locations “St Thomas” and “Virgin Islands.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying the…
If the third-party marks and opposer’s marks are identical, the opposer’s marks and the applicant’s marks are compared to see if they are identical or non-identical for identical goods or services.…
The trade dress of a wedge-shaped candy, colored to resemble a slice of watermelon, was determined to be functional and not eligible for protection under federal trademark law.
The U.S. Court of…
It is understandable why (most) trademarks owners do not like the five-year dependency period of an international registration since in case of “central attack” or refusal of the basic application,…
The district court failed to analyze the appropriate preliminary injunction factors on a motion to enforce a settlement agreement with factual disputes.
In a trademark dispute over the “GTRACING”…
The court found that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) decision was supported by substantial evidence.
A real estate brokerage’s proposed mark was likely to be confused with a prior…
A long legal battle over the status of “the greatest of all cheeses,” comes to an apparent end.
A federal court in Virginia correctly relied on standards of identity written by the Food and Drug…
The Chinese company acted with the requisite bad faith under the ACPA when it bought and re-registered the domain name, which was identical to several registered trademarks owned by the insurance and…
District court failed to draw inferences in favor of nonmoving party in finding no likelihood of confusion.
The federal district court in Miami erred in awarding summary judgment for a title…
