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4 Pillar Dynasty LLC v. New York & Co., Inc.

Trademark
Affirmed in part, vacated and remanded in part. Finding no clear error in the district court’s determination that Defendant’s trademark infringement...

SportFuel, Inc. v. PepsiCo, Inc.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Affirmed. Gatorade's use of the slogan "Gatorade The Sports Fuel Company" was fair use protected by the Lantham Act in a suit alleging trademark...

Iancu v. Brunetti

Trademark, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
Struck down a statutory provision that prohibits the registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks. An entrepreneur who founded a new clothing line...

Uncommon, LLC v. Spigen, Inc.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Held that a manufacturer of cellphone cases did not hold a valid trademark in the term CAPSULE. Affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant...

Barrington Music Products, Inc. v. Music and Arts Center

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Addressed a damages issue in a case where a jury found that a musical instrument retailer infringed another retailer's trademark. Affirmed the denial...

Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC

Trademark, Bankruptcy Law, Intellectual Property
Held that a bankrupt company's rejection of a trademark licensing agreement did not deprive its licensee of the rights to use the trademark. The U.S....

Uptown Grill, L.L.C. v. Camellia Grill Holdings, Inc.

Trademark, Contracts
In a contractual dispute over ownership of a trademark in a restaurant name, affirmed a bench trial decision in part and reversed it in part.

Alliance for Good Government v. Coalition for Better Government

Trademark, Attorney's Fees, Elections
Remanded for recalculation of an attorney fee award in a trademark infringement action, in which one nonprofit organization accused another of...

Express Oil Change, L.L.C. v. Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors

Trademark, Constitutional Law
Held that the First Amendment's commercial speech protections entitled a company to operate automotive service centers under the name "Tire...

Applied Underwriters, Inc. v. Lichtenegger

Media Law, Trademark, Intellectual Property
Affirmed the dismissal of a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by a financial services company, holding that the use of its trademarks by a...