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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

The Court has also agreed to hear a patent case this term, and it will rule on a copyright fair-use case brought by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that was heard this fall. On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. 2011: [link].

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

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27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Copyright: The Third Circuit applies the discovery rule to the limitations period of three years. Industria De Alimentos Zenu S.A.S. Latinfood U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising. in biology and society from Cornell University in 2011.

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A Bigger Exception to the Rule? Attorneys’ Fee Awards in Trademark Cases

Shades of Gray

10] It concluded that a case under the Lanham Act is “exceptional” if the losing party was the plaintiff and was guilty of abuse of process in suing, or if the losing party was the defendant and had no defense yet persisted in the trademark infringement or false advertising for which it was being sued, in order to impose costs on its opponent. [11].

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Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy. Netscape and 2011 Network Automation cases modified it. FTC. * New Jersey Attorney Ethics Opinion Blesses Competitive Keyword Advertising (…or Does It?). This is a topic I used as a sample exam idea in the 1990s).