By Michael J. Antonucci
H.R.133 — 116th Congress (2020)
On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), better known as the Omnibus Spending and COVID-19 Relief bill, into law. The Act incorporated trademark and copyright protection provisions,More
By Roxana Monemdjou
On December 27, 2020, the United States enacted the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) of 2020. The TMA, which will be implemented by December 27, 2021, aims to remove unused marks from the U.S. federal trademark register. In turn, the improved accuracy of the register will enable businesses to make more informed decisions regarding the adoption and enforcement of their marks.More
Buried deep within Congress’s December 21, 2020, COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending bill is the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (the “Trademark Act of 2020”). The Trademark Act of 2020 amends several provisions of the Lanham Act to streamline trademark litigation and address issues of abuse that have plagued the United States Patent and Trademark Office.More
Many of us are familiar with the children’s game “Duck Duck Goose:” A circle of children, all sitting with their legs tucked, eager to spring up once they are selected with a mighty thump on their head and the yell of “Goose!” and off they go….More
By Sahil Yadav
Michael Jeffrey Jordan v. Qiaodan Sport Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Bairen Trading Co. Ltd. , Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, 2020
A nine-year tussle between NBA legend Michael Jordan and an infamously successful cyber squatter,More
Uniqlo Trading Co. Ltd. vs Guangzhou Compass Exhibition Service Co. Ltd. and Zhongwei Enterprise Management & Consultancy Co. Ltd., China Supreme Court: (2018) Zui Gao Fa Min Zai No. 396.
Over the years,More
By Sahil Yadav
Sky Plc & Ors v SkyKick UK Ltd & Anr;[2020] EWHC 990 (Ch)
The UK High Court recently heard the Sky v. Skykick case ([2018] EWHC 155 (Ch)) case again after it had earlier referred it to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) to decide the validity of Sky’s registrations.More
Two recent decisions by the EU General Court and the IP High Court of Japan demonstrate the very high bar that brand owners face in registering a mark consisting exclusively of a single color.
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Joined Cases C-449/18 P and C-474/18 P: EUIPO v Messi Cuccittini and P J.M.-E.V. e hijos v Messi Cuccittini (2020).
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) dismissed appeals against the General Court (“GC”)’s decision and confirmed that there was no likelihood of confusion between the marks MESSI and MASSI given the well-known reputation of the Argentine football player Lionel Messi.More
By Joseph A.R. Gerber
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) dealt two heavy blows to Facebook in February and March of this year. Not only did the CNIPA deny Facebook’s request to invalidate a prior registration for FACEBOOK by Dr. Su Kaiming,More