Titles of Artistic Works – Implications of Dastar Artistic Works – The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit recently decided the case of Eastland Music Group v. Lionsgate Entertainment.  This action for trademark infringement, and the court’s subsequent analysis helped settle an issue long weighed by courts and commentators – to what extent...Read More

Preliminary Injunctions for Trademark Infringement Preliminary Injunctions – When you accuse someone of infringing your valuable trademark, what actually happens?  In American Rena International Corp v. Sis-Joyce International the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling that very clearly articulated the standards for what is known as preliminary injunctions. Preliminary Injunctions, Generally...Read More

Trademark Trial Appeal Board & Infringement Lawsuits Trademark Trial Appeal Board (TTAB) – In B&B Hardware v. Hargis Industries the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on a contentious case of trademark infringement litigation that had been going on for over fifteen years.  One of the central issues was the very, very interesting...Read More

Voluntary Cessation and Loss of Standing Voluntary Cessation Case – Competitors should not be able to use trademark lawsuits as offensive weapons.  This was the clear message issued by Justice Roberts for a unanimous Supreme Court in the case of Already LLC v. Nike Inc. In the case, also covered by Reuters, Nike sued Already (DBA Yum) for...Read More