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HUMANOIDS GROUP v. ROGAN

Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
In a trademark case, the court decided that the United States Patent and Trademark Office may reject an application to register a trademark because...

PLAYMAKERS v. ESPN

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action concerning the mark PLAYMAKERS, the district court denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and the...

THE BEACON MUT. INS. CO. v. ONEBEACON INS.

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
The court reversed summary judgment in favor of defendants where a factfinder could have reasonably inferred that actual confusion injured the...

MID-LIST PRESS v. NORA

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
Company was entitled to permanent injunction preventing company president from using the company's trade name and ISBN number on his book of poetry,...

HOUBIGANT v. FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Trademark
In an insurance dispute for coverage of liability in a trademark infringement case involving a bankruptcy, the court found language in both a...

BRENNAN'S INC. v. DICKIE BRENNAN & CO. INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Court affirmed plaintiff's damages recovery on its contract claim, and ruled plaintiff was not barred from pursuing a trademark claim in a dispute...

AUTOZONE, INC. v. TANDY COPR.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiffs' trademark infringement claim was rejected because they did not presented enough evidence such that a reasonable jury could conclude that...

IN RE OPPEDAHL & LARSON LLP

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board properly refused to register the mark patents.com to plaintiffs because it is merely descriptive under U.S.C....

THE NAUTILUS GROUP, INC. v. ICON HEALTH AND FITNESS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute concerning exercise equipment, the court affirmed the grant of a preliminary injunction for the plaintiff because there was a...

US v. HABEGGER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Court found insufficient evidence to support conviction of defendant for trafficking in counterfeit socks, based on lack of a proper showing of intent...