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Ten Facts about the USPTO’s New Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings

by Katherine Kerrick, Ashlie J. Smith, Robert M. O'Connell Jr., Beth Goldman and Betsy Lee
January.18.2022

This Client Alert discusses two new proceedings under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020, namely expungement and reexamination.

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Snapping the Circuit Split: The Supreme Court Brings Back Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., et al., and Finishes the Job

by Beth Goldman and Nathan Shaffer
April.28.2020

On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court resolved a decades-long circuit split as to whether recovery of an infringer’s profits under Section 35(a) of ...

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Federal Circuit Makes Way for FUCT, Striking Down the Statutory Bar on Immoral or Scandalous Trademark Registrations as Unconstitutional

by Beth Goldman, Diana M. Rutowski and Kristin Cornuelle
December.20.2017

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit struck down the Lanham Act's ban on registering immoral or scandalous trademarks.

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Go West: Venture Financings and Expansion Projects in the United States

by Dr. Sven Greulich LL.M. (Cantuar), EMBA and John Bautista
July.10.2017

Please refer to the updated and expanded 2nd Edition of our Go West Guide.

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Even Disparaging Trademarks are Registerable

by Beth Goldman
June.20.2017

The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can no longer refuse to register trademarks because it deems them "disparaging."

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Offensive But Not Unregistrable: Fed. Circ. Alters TM Law

by Beth Goldman
January.12.2016

Members of Orrick's IP team co-authored an article examining the Federal Circuit’s decision to strike down the ban on disparaging trademarks from ...

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Proving Harm In Trademark Cases Post-Herb Reed

by Beth Goldman and Daniel Justice
April.16.2014

Members of Orrick’s IP team authored an article on what the abolition of the presumption of irreparable harm means for parties seeking a preliminary ...

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New Trademark Clearinghouse an Important Tool for Trademark Owners as New Generic Top-Level Domains Prepare to Launch

by Beth Goldman
March.19.2013

Starting on March 26, 2013, there will be an important new tool available to help trademark owners combat unauthorized uses of their trademarks in ...

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Intellectual Property Partner Discusses Trademark Law for Online Ads

November.19.2012

This article, about a settlement between Rosetta Stone and Google regarding the use of trademarks as keywords in online ads, quotes intellectual ...

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Seeing Red: When It’s a Trademark and When It’s Not

by Kristin Cornuelle, Beth Goldman and Betsy Lee
October.22.2012

Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent Am. Holding, Inc., No. 11-3303-cv, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18663 (2d Cir. Sept. 5, 2012) Attracting ...

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ICANN Publishes List of Applications in gTLD Expansion Program

by Beth Goldman
July.02.2012

Over the last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been engaged in the first round of its planned expansion of ...

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The Fourth Circuit Says, "Not So Fast," to Google and Revives Rosetta Stone's Direct and Contributory Trademark Infringement and Dilution Claims in Closely Watched AdWords Case

by Beth Goldman and Betsy Lee
April.13.2012

Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc., No. 10-2007 (4th Cir. April 9, 2012) In a widely awaited ruling, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ...