USA: JBLU, Inc. v. United States, United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, No. 2015-1509, 2 March 2016

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a trial court’s ruling that JBLU, Inc. violated the Tariff Act of 1930 by importing jeans that were not properly marked with their country of origin (JBLU, Inc. v. United States, March 2, 2016, Moore, K.). Because the trial court erred in deferring to the government’s definition of the term “trademark,” the case was remanded for further proceedings.

A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.