Counterfeiting is a large problem for consumer product companies. However, U.S. counterfeiting laws are difficult to enforce against many companies because they operate outside the United States, or the manufacturer of the products is unknown. Historically, many U.S. companies have not had effective enforcement mechanisms continue reading...
Bodum USA, Inc. manufacturers the Chambord French press, a nonelectric coffeemaker (Full disclosure: the author once owned a Bodum French press. It produced objectively delicious coffee). A French press is a cylindrical carafe and a plunger with a filter screen attached to one end. The continue reading...
Just as companies are reaching the straightway in their efforts to get ready to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) by January 1, Nevada has burst ahead with a privacy law that will take effect before the CCPA. On May 29, 2019, Nevada continue reading...
On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Congress validly abrogated State sovereign immunity for copyright infringement claims by passing the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 (“CRCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 511. The facts of the case before the Court began in continue reading...
If you missed the 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association in Boston, or if you were there but were spending time with colleagues and friends, the Dorsey trademark team is here to provide a brief overview of some interesting seminars we attended and continue reading...
Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York, Judge Lois Bloom, issued a report and recommendation (“R&R”) that the ultimate sanction of default judgment be entered against certain defendants that had engaged in wide-scale discovery misconduct, that Judge Bloom continue reading...
On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court settled the question of whether licensees under trademark agreements rejected by bankruptcy debtors may continue to use licensed marks. In a highly anticipated decision in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, the Supreme Court ruled that continue reading...
On Thursday, March 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held in Committee SB 561, which would have greatly expanded the private right of action (i.e., the ability to bring private class actions) available under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). SB 561 was introduced continue reading...
In the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC that may (yes, we said “may”) resolve a circuit split as to whether trademark licensees can continue using trademarks after a licensor in continue reading...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office will now allow federal trademark registration for marks used on some hemp-based products, including those containing hemp-derived CBD, except for foods, beverages, dietary supplements, or pet treats. On May 2, 2019, the USPTO issued Examination Guide 1-19 for continue reading...
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