Managing Intellectual Property recently quoted Nadine H. Jacobson about how counsel manage trademark procedures across the globe. The difference in requirements for use and description and cancellation proceedings in the EU and US can call for a multi-strategy approach, since both agency’s policies have their pros and cons.More
Fross Zelnick Client Super Duper, Inc. Awarded $3.25 Million in Damages in Online Copyright and Trademark Infringement Action
Fross Zelnick lawyers obtained a significant recovery in a copyright and trademark infringement action in federal court on behalf of educational publisher Super Duper. (Super Duper, Inc. v. PresenceLearning, Inc., 1:20-cv-10783)
On April 25, 2022, the U.S.More
Fross Zelnick Strikes “Gold” in World Trademark Review’s 2022 WTR 1000; 18 Lawyers Recognized
Fross Zelnick is once again on top of World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000, “a unique guide that identifies the top trademark professionals in key jurisdictions around the globe.” FZLZ was awarded “Gold” rankings in both the Prosecution and Strategy as well as the Enforcement and Litigation categories.More
Implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 by the USPTO Ushers in New Procedures that Aim to Remove Unused Trademarks from the Register
By Allison Strickland Ricketts
The Trademark Modernization Act (“TMA” or “Act”) enacted new expungement, reexamination and cancellation proceedings that can be deployed for the purpose of cancelling, in whole or in part, registrations for trademarks that are not in use for some or all of the goods and services in a registration:More
Changes in Registration Requirements for Turkish (.TR) Domain Name Registrations
Upcoming changes by the Turkish government will soon alter how some Turkish ccTLD domain name registrations are allocated and managed, following which such domain names will become available for registration on a first-come, first-served basis. Supporting documentation (such as proof of an existing Turkish trademark registration or Turkish business license) will no longer be required for ‘com.tr’,More
Nadine Jacobson Quoted on EU General Court’s Adidas Decision
Bloomberg Law quoted Nadine Jacobson in its article about the the recent EU General Court decision upholding the invalidity of the EU registration for a simple three-stripe design by Adidas. Nadine is quoted on how it seems that the EU is becoming somewhat strict about the proof of use required to demonstrate acquired distinctiveness –More
Supreme Court: Iancu v. Brunetti
Prohibition of “Immoral or Scandalous” Marks Struck Down
Iancu v. Brunetti, 586 U.S.
___ (2019)
The United States Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the provision of Section 2(a) of the U.S.More
Supreme Court: Bankrupt Trademark Licensor Cannot Terminate Trademark License
Australia: Non-Use Period Reduced
Australia’s Intellectual
Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other
Measures) Act 2018 (Amendment Act) took effect on February 24, 2019. The key change is a reduction in the time
period before a trademark registration can be challenged for non-use.
Before the Amendment Act,More
Fross Zelnick Wins Two ‘Firm of the Year’ Awards Among MIP Honors for Firm and Lawyers
At Managing Intellectual Property’s 2019 Global IP Awards, Fross Zelnick received three awards: Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year – United States (Northeast), Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year – United States, and Impact Case of the Year Award for work on Royal Crown Co.More