Recently in the Eastern District of North Carolina (5:14-CV-217-BO), United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle ordered Walmart Stores to disgorge to Variety Stores, Inc. over $32,000,000 in...
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2016, Erasmus University celebrated its 103rd Dies Natalis (anniversary celebrations) with the theme “Consumer Behaviour in the Digital Economy.”
WALTHAM, MA, July 5, 2016 – Applied Marketing Science, Inc. (AMS), a leading-edge market research and consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Dr. David Stewart has affiliated with the firm’s...
A November 13, 2015 TTAB decision (Dan Foam ApS v. Innocor, Inc., Cancellation No. 92054201 resulted in the cancellation of the Bodipedic and design trademark based on a likelihood of confusion with...
The Supreme Court ruled in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries that a TTAB ruling can have (in certain cases) a “preclusive effect” on subsequent actions in federal court (see earlier blog entry ...
The recent decision by the Ninth Circuit in MultiTime Machine, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. could spell the beginning of the end of “initial interest confusion” as a cause of action in internet commerce...
In the long-running patent battle between Apple and Samsung, the Second Circuit recently issued its verdict on the appeal of the original case (5:12-cv-00630-LHK) that resulted in a big cash award...
In a 2015 decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, survey evidence was frequently cited in support of the lower court’s decision. The case was Design Resources, Inc. v Leather Industries of...
A recent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decision in the matter of Overstock.com, Inc. v. J. Becker Management rejected Overstock.com’s opposition to the registration of this mark:
John Welch blogged about the TTAB’s decision to sustain the opposition to registration of the mark THE HOUSE THAT JUICE BUILT (and a related design mark) for various baseball related items. The Board...