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Supreme Court To Review: Does a Multi-Team Sports League Act as a Single...
by Sanjiv Sarwate, Trademark Attorney On June 30, 2009, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Seventh Circuit’s decision in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, a case illustrating the...
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Copyright...
By Belinda J. Scrimenti, Esq. Nearly nine years after its seminal decision regarding copyright law and electronic publication in New York Times Co. v Tasini,[1] the United States Supreme Court...
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Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to Retire: An Important Contributor...
by Uli Widmaier, Trademark Attorney Earlier today, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens informed the President of his intention to resign from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the current term. It...
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Supreme Court to Examine Application of Copyright Law’s First Sale Doctrine...
by Uli Widmaier, Trademark Attorney Does copyright law’s first sale doctrine apply to imported goods manufactured abroad that are not intended for the United States market? That is the question on...
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Supreme Court Makes the Call: NFL Not Exempt from Antitrust Law when...
By Uli Widmaier, Esq. Reversing the Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the National Football League’s trademark licensing activities are “not categorically beyond the coverage” of...
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Peter and the Wolf Leave the Public Domain – Supreme Court Holds Copyright...
by Uli Widmaier On January 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Golan v. Holder, No. 10-545, 565 U.S. — (2012), that a law bestowing U.S. copyright protection on certain foreign works that had...
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Air Force 1 trade dress dispute held moot – Nike wins at Supreme Court, but...
by Uli Widmaier A sues B for infringing its registered mark. B counterclaims for cancellation of A’s registration. A executes a comprehensive covenant not to sue B in the future for using any...
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Aereo’s Internet-Based Television Streaming Services May Be Wizardry, But the...
by Jessica Ekhoff, Associate Describing its Internet-based television streaming services, tech start-up Aereo proclaims, “It’s not magic. It’s wizardry.”[1] In yesterday’s 6-3 decision the Supreme...
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Supreme Court holds that issues decided by the TTAB may be preclusive in...
By: Uli Widmaier A. The Supreme Court’s Holding On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court held for the first time that “a court should give preclusive effect to TTAB decisions if the ordinary elements of...
View Article50 Years After Lanham Act’s Enactment, The Supreme Court’s Slants Decision...
By Belinda J. Scrimenti As its 2016-17 term concluded, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously in Matal v. Tam[1] that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act, Section 2(a), is unconstitutional in...
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