In the recent case, Combe Incorporated v. Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel, Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-00935 (E.D. Va. May 23, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
AMS had a great time at the International Trademark Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting in our hometown of Boston! We enjoyed reuniting with friends and colleagues at events and meeting the many ...
AMS Survey Expert, Brian Sowers, Senior Manager, Marcello Santana, Esq., and Senior Analyst, Laura Paige, Ph.D., answer a few questions from their recent webinar, Proving Irreparable Harm with...
Consumer surveys can be a powerful tool to prove or disprove likelihood of confusion in TTAB cases. A failure to conduct one may ultimately result in the Board, even with little to no evidence,...
In a recent case, Puma sought a preliminary injunction against Forever 21, after the popular fashion retailer began producing an alleged knock-off of Puma’s Fenty Creeper sneaker, as well as the Fur...
AMS Survey Expert, Jacqueline Chorn and Senior Manager, Marcello Santana, answer a few questions from their recent webinar, Surveys in Trademark Litigation.
Come meet our litigation team during the 141st INTA Annual Meeting, hosted in our hometown of Boston, MA! Last year’s meeting was the largest to date, with over 9500 attendees from 140 countries.
Surveys have become a routine form of evidence for courts in cases involving trademarks and deceptive advertising. Although it may appear simple to design a survey (don’t you simply write some...
A trademark has acquired secondary meaning when it becomes recognized as a specific good or service originating from a single source. Trademarks that are considered to be merely descriptive of the...
If a proposed trademark or service mark is not inherently distinctive, it may be registered on the Principal Register only upon proof of acquired distinctiveness, or "secondary meaning." In order to...