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“Bad Spaniels” Supreme Court Rules that Dog Toy Infringes on Jack Daniels’ Trademark
The "Bad Spaniels" dog toys, in a unanimous 9-0 decision, the United States Supreme Court found that a dog toy company had infringed on the Jack Daniels’ trademark whiskey bottle and label design.The whiskey distiller sued the dog toy company, VIP...
Supreme Court Rules Against Andy Warhol Foundation in Copyright Infringement Case
Andy Warhol, Pittsburgh native, died in 1987 and the rock musician Prince died in 2016, but they were at the center of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, where the court upheld, by a 7-2 vote, the copyright claim of photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The events...
Congress Passes INFORM Consumers Act to Combat Counterfeiting, Retail Theft
As 2022 drew to a close, Congress passed an Act, with bipartisan support, that will enable the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce requirements geared toward combatting online counterfeit sales. The Act, called the Integrity, Notification and...
IP Assets: Take Time Annually to Determine Your IP Needs
There is never a bad time to do an intellectual property (IP) audit for your company but we recommend an annual audit. You might want to wait until you are faced with a lawsuit, but the absence of legal action is an ideal time to determine the IP assets...
IP Infringement: G7 Nations Pledge Cooperation to Fight IP Infringement but Will It Be Sufficient?
Last month, the heads of the intellectual property (IP) offices in the G7 nations – United States, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan – along with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), pledged to work together to...