Justice Sonia Sotomayor holds for a unanimous court that because traditional doctrines of issue or claim preclusion don't apply, Lucky Brand Dungarees and Marcel Fashion Group will have to keep litigating their 20-year-old trademark dispute.
May 14, 2020 at 12:50 PM
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Photo: Jason Doiy/ ALM
It’s official—there’s no such thing as the doctrine of “defense preclusion.” The U.S. Supreme Court said so Thursday morning in a unanimous opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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