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June 03, 2016 |

Legal Malpractice Ruling Modified in Cadwalader Case

The state Court of Appeals Thursday denied a summary judgment motion sought by the plaintiff in a legal malpractice suit against Cadwalader stemming from advice the firm gave on a potential deal to gain control of the board of the Six Flags amusement parks in the mid-2000s.
2 minute read
May 10, 2016 |

Patent Office Decision: Telling It Like It Is

A federal appeals court ruling on what's acceptable in trademarks and tradenames is potentially far-reaching, writes attorney Jose Sariego.
4 minute read
May 06, 2016 |

Supreme Court Split Gives Boost to IP Cases

While the court waits for action on the Antonin Scalia vacancy, it may gravitate toward IP and other disputes without ideological trappings.
6 minute read
April 26, 2016 |

Lisa Blatt's End-Run Play Puts Redskins Case Before Supreme Court

Appellate advocates usually wait for a federal appeals court to rule before they take a case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lisa Blatt, head of Arnold & Porter's appellate and Supreme Court practice, leapfrogged over the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to get her petition in the Washington Redskins trademark dispute before the justices. Blatt's unusual strategy invoked a rarely used rule of the Supreme Court that allows parties to seek certiorari before an appeals court has ruled.
8 minute read
April 01, 2016 |

People in the News—April 1, 2016—

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Kevin Casey held a trademarks discussion for the Intellectual Property Law Society of Temple University's Beasley School of Law.
14 minute read
March 30, 2016 |

Federal Circuit Says It Won't Force PTO Action on 'The Slants' Trademark

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will not force the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to publish the trademark application filed by Simon Tam, founder of the Asian-American rock band The Slants.
5 minute read
March 23, 2016 |

Merrick Garland's D.C. Circuit Playbook Takes Page From Past Nominees

Want to see Chief Judge Merrick Garland in action? Between the tradition among judges of sitting out arguments while waiting for confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court and the upcoming summer recess in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, it could be months before he takes the bench again. There aren't any rules or formal guidelines for how courts should manage the schedule of a sitting judge nominated to the Supreme Court. But there are historical examples that Garland and court officials can turn to: The D.C. Circuit has been a top feeder to the high court.
14 minute read
March 14, 2016 |

With Law in Flux, PTO Suspends All Rulings on 'Disparaging' Trademarks

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has suspended all rulings on trademark applications that could be subject to refusal under the legal provision banning registration of marks bearing “scandalous or disparaging” subject matter.
4 minute read
March 02, 2016 |

Offensive Trademarks and the Right to Federal Registration

A trademark is probably the most recognizable form of intellectual property associated with a product or service. Legal protection for a trademark is acquired through common law, state trademark registration or federal trademark registration. Federal registration of a trademark is acquired under the Lanham Act, Title 15 of the U.S. Code, which passed in 1946 and was the first comprehensive federal legislation regarding the registration and use of marks in connection with the sale of goods and services.
7 minute read
March 02, 2016 |

What's In a Name? Ban on Registering Disparaging Trademarks Is Struck Down

Appellate courts are reviewing trademark cases posing questions of political correctness, writes attorney Josh E. Saltz.
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