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On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court decided Abitron Austria GMBH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., No. 21-1043, addressing the extraterritoriality of the Lanham Act. The Court held that...

During the 2016 presidential debate, Senator Marco Rubio taunted Donald Trump for having “small hands.” Now, more than seven years later, progressive activist Steve Elster is continuing...

Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act only extends to claims where the claimed trademark infringing use is domestic, making clear that for now US plaintiffs cannot enforce Lanham Act against non US defendants who transact exclusively outside of USA borders.

There are plenty of fish in the sea when it comes to trademarks: from word marks to service marks; from symbols to surnames; from product packaging to product design. When the time is...

The Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq., protects registered and unregistered trademark rights and prohibits unfair competition at the federal level.

In a fractured decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 28, 2023 that two key provisions of the Lanham Act that prohibit trademark infringement do not extend to conduct ...

Joyce Liou spoke to the World Intellectual Property Review about the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in Abitron v. Hetronic, which will transform how cross-border disputes are decided.

To read the headlines of many media and legal news articles reporting on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in VIP Products, LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., you’d think that the...

For the full background, see our prior article, Can The Parody Defense Protect Against Trademark Infringement When The Use Is Commercial In Nature?

The Supreme Court of the United States recently considered whether portions of the Lanham Act that relate to trademark infringement can be applied to conduct that takes place outside...