By R. Robin McDonald | June 25, 2018
Atlanta attorney Loren Collins created a spoof Trump Hotel website aimed at "tender age" detention centers, saying they should go down as President Donald Trump's historical legacy.
By Scott Graham | April 25, 2018
After Tuesday's ruling in SAS Institute v. Iancu, petitioners face a higher risk of getting a final written decisions finding challenged patent claims valid, leaving them estopped from fighting in district court.
By Ross Todd | April 25, 2018
In the "Star Wars" universe, Han Solo won the iconic Millennium Falcon spaceship by beating Lando Calrissian in a game of Sabacc. In court, Lucasfilm beat back a motion to dismiss its trademark lawsuit against Ren Ventures.
By Scott Graham | April 2, 2018
IP lawyers say his copyright and trademark claims over barbershop talk videos aren't championship caliber.
By Scott Graham | February 5, 2018
"He understands all sides of patent law because he's litigated all sides," Sen. Orrin Hatch said of Iancu, a longtime Irell & Manella partner.
By C. Ryan Barber | September 7, 2017
Bacardi has taken new legal action in its long-running rum war with Cuba, this time against banking regulators in a hunt for information about how an entity owned by the island nation last year received a U.S. license to renew the disputed "Havana Club" trademark.
By Scott Graham | August 29, 2017
Less than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Lanham Act's ban on disparaging trademarks, the D.C.-based appellate court was asked to decide whether "Matal v. Tam" extends to marks that use dirty words or graphics.
By Scott Graham | July 26, 2017
The musicians want to prevent others from profiting off their kids' names. But to be successful, trademark applicants have to have a true intent to use the mark, says Knobbe Martens partner Ian Gillies.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 3, 2017
Through the first half of 2017, FTC staffers have sent 11 "closing letters" to companies the agency flagged for supposedly unsupported "Made in USA" claims. Among the highest-profile recipients was Target Corp., which put to bed FTC concerns by agreeing to pull mislabeled pillows from the shelves and to make clear that the Room Essentials-branded products were manufactured in China.
By Todd Cunningham | June 23, 2017
When the Supreme Court this week gave a green light to a rock band composed of Asian-American musicians that wanted to use the name "The Slants," it struck down a portion of the 71-year-old Lanham Act that bars disparaging trademarks. That gave a major boost to the hopes of the owners of the NFL's Washington Redskins, who have already filed to establish the case as controlling precedent in their battle to reinstate their trademark, which was suspended as racially offensive toward Native Americans. But they weren't the only ones.
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