by admin | May 28, 2019 | Intellectual Property Blog
We often stress the importance of registering trademarks outside the U.S., particularly in countries where trademark rights are based on registration and not on trademark use. The recent dispute between DC Comics and Indonesian snack company PT Marxing Fam Makmur...
by FriedlandVining | Jun 22, 2016 | Intellectual Property Blog
Lee Daniels’ The Butler, a highly-acclaimed 2013 film portraying the life of an African American man who served as a butler at the White House for eight presidents, presented a unique look into the evolution of freedom and equality for African Americans and the...
by FriedlandVining | Jun 7, 2016 | Intellectual Property Blog
At the end of May, the House Appropriations Committee released the 2017 Financial Services Appropriation Bill. One of the provisions included in the bill appears to have been custom-made for Bacardi in its ongoing dispute with Cubaexport, the joint venture between the...
by FriedlandVining | Mar 30, 2015 | Intellectual Property Blog
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries Inc., which held “a court should give preclusive effect to TTAB decisions if the ordinary elements of issue preclusion are met.” Specifically, this ruling...
by FriedlandVining | Jun 26, 2014 | Intellectual Property Blog
On Wednesday June 18, 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) boldly cancelled 6 of the Redskin’s trademarks on the basis that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans.” The cancellation indicates that Pro Football, Inc., the owner of the Redskin...
by FriedlandVining | Nov 21, 2013 | Intellectual Property Blog
The Dewey decimal system may soon be obsolete. With a few clicks, Google’s expansive digital library is available with an Internet connection. Google Books has scanned over 20 million books and magazines for public access and has consequently been battling an 8-year...
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