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Changes at the USPTO for Individual Applicants and Foreign Businesses
September 9, 2019
Heidi Howard Tandy and Geoffrey Lottenberg
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Trademark
During July 2019, the US Trademark Office (the “Trademark Office”) issued a new rule requiring disclosure of a trademark applicant’s home address, and requiring that US attorneys file applications, responses and other pleadings for all individuals that are not US citizens or residents, and all non-US businesses.
First Amendment Reigns in SCOTUS Trademark Case
June 24, 2019
Geoffrey Lottenberg
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Trademark
Federal trademark law has long since barred applicants from seeking to register “immoral” and “scandalous” trademarks. However, on Monday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Iancu v. Brunetti, which struck down this bar on First Amendment grounds.
SCOTUS Finally Clarifies Rights of Licensees of Bankrupt Brands
May 19, 2019
Geoffrey Lottenberg and Michael J. Niles
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Trademark, Bankruptcy
Chapter 11 Debtor, Tempnology, LLC (“Tempnology”) is feeling the heat today, May 20, 2019, as the United States Supreme Court held that Mission Product Holdings, Inc., (“Mission”), a licensee of Tempnology’s “Coolcore” products, can continue to use Tempnology’s trademarks to sell and distribute its products in the United States.