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Category: Intellectual Property – Trademarks

Top Trademark Decisions: First Half of 2020

Top Trademark Decisions: First Half of 2020 [July 24, 2020, Leesburg] In the first half of 2020, several significant decisions further shaped the course of trademark law, with rulings from the Supreme Court and circuit courts impacting USPTO proceedings, as described below: Romag Fasteners v. Fossil (U.S. Supreme Court): In April, the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading Top Trademark Decisions: First Half of 2020

Washington Redskins Face Trademark Registrability Hurdle to Renaming Team

Washington Redskins Face Trademark Registrability Hurdle to Renaming Team [Jul. 21, 2020, Leesburg] On July 3rd, the Washington Redskins announced that it would review its team name after nearly two decades of vigorously fighting legal challenges by Native Americans to keep it. Two registration cancellation actions filed in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the… Continue reading Washington Redskins Face Trademark Registrability Hurdle to Renaming Team

SCOTUS Rules That Addition of “.com” to a Generic Term Can Create a Trademark

SCOTUS Rules That Addition of “.com” to a Generic Term Can Create a Trademark By: Alex Butterman Butterman is Senior Counsel and the Managing Trademark Attorney at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig’s Leesburg Office. [July 9, 2020] Is GENERIC.COM A Generic Mark? NO, according to the U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision issued on June 30,… Continue reading SCOTUS Rules That Addition of “.com” to a Generic Term Can Create a Trademark

Everybody “COVIDS” a CORONAVIRUS Trademark Registration But It’s Not That Easy.

By Alex Butterman Butterman is Senior Counsel at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwigs Leesburg Office [April 23, 2020 Leesburg]   Whenever our society experiences a catastrophe, a tragedy, a calamity, a “viral” trend, a phenomenon or any other story that dominates the news, invariably a number of people feel compelled to register as a trademark the popular… Continue reading Everybody “COVIDS” a CORONAVIRUS Trademark Registration But It’s Not That Easy.

From “Nefarious” to “Detestable,” Trademark Rights Are Being Asserted by Manufacturers to Stop Exploitative and Fraudulent Resellers of COVID-19 Test Kits and N95 Masks

By Alex Butterman Butterman is Senior Counsel with Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig in Leesburg VA   [04.14.2020 Leesburg]       The worst of times can bring out the best and the worst of human nature. False and fraudulent purchase orders are being sent to arguably heroic manufacturers of healthcare products by unknown companies who are… Continue reading From “Nefarious” to “Detestable,” Trademark Rights Are Being Asserted by Manufacturers to Stop Exploitative and Fraudulent Resellers of COVID-19 Test Kits and N95 Masks

Implications of the CARES Act on USPTO Deadlines

By Ashley Barendse Barendse is an Associate at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig’s Leesburg, VA Office.   [Apr. 1, 2020 Leesburg]    As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to affect the legal system, there is one glimmer of hope for trademark and patent owners: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which gives… Continue reading Implications of the CARES Act on USPTO Deadlines

Why Does a Brewery Need a Trademark?

The same reason a winery or distillery does. To get to the other side. By Tom Dunlap Tom is an attorney with Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, one of the top trademark registrations firms in the United States – successfully registering more than 1,420 trademarks in 2018 for its clients. [08/21/2019 Leesburg] Every brewer, distiller, and… Continue reading Why Does a Brewery Need a Trademark?

Whistleblower Immunity and the Defend Trade Secrets Act

By Tom Dunlap Dunlap is a partner at Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig. [07/11/2019 Leesburg & Tysons]   Before 2016 trade secrets claims could only be brought in state court (under state versions of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), excluding New York and North Carolina), or in federal court only when there was diversity jurisdiction or… Continue reading Whistleblower Immunity and the Defend Trade Secrets Act

Harry Potter and the Battle of the Trademarks

By MacKenzie Milam Law student at West Virginia University College of Law, Millam is part of Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig Summer Internship Program and holds a strong interest in Intellectual Property Law.   [06.19.19 Leesburg]  We may know him as “The Boy Who Lived,” but Warner Brothers also wants you to know that he can… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Battle of the Trademarks

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