Trademark Infringement and § 512(h) Subpoenas Please join us on Monday, September 22, 2025, at noon, where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Firstly, in Trader Joe's Company v. Trader Joes United, No. 24-720 (9th Cir. 2025), the court reversed the district court's dismissal of the complaint, [...]
Expletives and SAD Schemes Please join us Monday, September 8, 2025, at noon where we will discuss the recent decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In re Brunetti, No. 2023-1539 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2025) where the court reversed the TTAB's decision due to a lack of clear [...]
Surviving §101 and Keeping Trade Secrets...Secret Please join us Monday, August 18, 2025, at noon where we will discuss the recent decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Powerblock, Inc. v. iFit, Inc., No. 24-1177 (Fed. Cir. 2025) where the court reversed the district court's determination that PowerBlock's patent [...]
Federal Court Certifies Copyright Class Please join us Monday, August 12, 2025, at noon where we will discuss class certification as it relates to AI Copyright cases. Specifically we will discuss an order in which the court held, CERTIFIED: All beneficial or legal copyright owners of the exclusive right to Reproduce copies of any book [...]
Not So Cozy Prosecution History and Likeness Please join us Monday, August 04, 2025, at noon where we will discuss the recent decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Co., No. 24-2191 (Fed. Cir. 2025) where the court found in favor of Top [...]
Keywords in Digital Ads - To Be Consumer Confusion or Not To Be Consumer Confusion Over the last decade, the federal courts of appeals have shifted their positions on keyword bidding of a registered trademark in digital advertisements from holding keyword can form the basis of trademark infringement finding a likelihood of consumer confusion to [...]
MGA v. T.I. Decision There were big headlines last week when MGA Entertainment Inc. lost in a jury verdict to Grand Hustle LLC (and others) in a trade dress and/or name, image, and likeness rights of the OMG Girlz. But, no articles seem to really discuss the substance of the case in any degree. It [...]
Surviving a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss and Making False Advertisements Please join us Monday, October 21, 2024, at noon where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Alexsam, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc., No. 22-2036 (Fed. Cir. 2024) where the court found in favor of [...]
Please join us Monday, October 14, 2024, at noon, where we will discuss how a panel of judges for the Second Circuit ruled that purchasing a competitor's trademark as a keyword, without also establishing a likelihood of confusion, does not necessarily amount to trademark infringement, in the 1-800 Contacts case that was newly decided this [...]
Please join us Monday, September 16, 2024, at noon where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Softview, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al., No. 2023-1005, 2023-1007 (Fed. Cir. July 26, 2024), and Voice Tech Corp., v. Unified Patents, LLC 2022-2163 (Fed Cir. August [...]
