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Analysis of important legal issues, authored by leading practice area experts. Insights & Analysis  | Posted By: Andrew M. Gold Gold on the Limited Protection Afforded Geographically Descriptive Marks in Vail Associates, Inc. v. Vend-Tel-Co, Ltd, 516 F.3d 853 (10th Cir. 2008) | | | Posted By: Andrew M. Gold Gold on Trademark Parody, Survey Evidence and Dilution by Tarnishment in Smith v. Wal-Mart, 537 F.Supp.2d 1302 (N.D. Ga. 2008) | |  | Posted By: Anne Gilson LaLonde Anne Gilson LaLonde: Don't I Know You From Somewhere? Protection in the United States Of Foreign Trademarks That Are Well Known But Not Used There | | | Posted By: Anne Gilson LaLonde Anne Gilson LaLonde: Thinking Ahead to Avoid a "Fraud" Charge: False Claims of Use to Procure or Maintain a Trademark Registration at the USPTO | | | Posted By: Ronald D. Green, Jr. Ronald D. Green, Jr. on UDRP Panels Going Beyond the Record | | | Posted By: Anne Gilson LaLonde LaLonde: Defendant Preclusion, Not Claim Preclusion, Bars Party from Seeking Relief from Default Judgment: Nasalok Coating Corp. v. Nylok Corp., 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 8376 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | | | view all posts |
Top Cases are the hottest legal opinions in this practice area and are selected by attorneys on the Law Center staff. The opinions are located on lexis.com, and many of them have enhanced content such as links to briefs and other court documents, Expert Commentary, Emerging Issues Commentary, LexisNexis Judicial Profiles, and Cases In Brief, which provide the ultimate in analytical material. Top Cases Highlighted excerpts and samples of new, practice area content. Featured Content LexisNexis is a collection of legal specialists, journalists, product developers, market analysts, technology experts, solution nuts, Web mavens, marketing geniuses, database maniacs, and many other types of professionals. The Insider Perspective blog is the place on our Web Centers where you can read what our experts think you need to know. Please feel free to comment on what they say, ask questions, and share with colleagues. Trademark Law Blog  | Posted By: Gerald M. Levine Uncertainty in Protecting Two and Three Letter Trademarks
There have been a number of recent cases involving two to five letter domain names accused of violating the Policy. The history is mixed, but continue reading | | | Posted By: Gerald M. Levine Rejecting Respondent's Consent to Transfer and Finding Bad Faith Rule17(a) of the Rules of the Policy read, "If, before the Panel''''s decision, the Parties agree on a settlement, the Panel shall terminate the administrative proceeding." Consent to transfer takes two forms: 1) The responde continue reading | | | Posted By: Anne Gilson LaLonde Electing Statutory Damages in a Counterfeiting Case May Bar an Award of Attorneys Fees in the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit’s recent interpretation of the Lanham Act’s damages provisions surely surprised many trademark practitioners. It held that, when a plaintiff chooses continue reading | | | Posted By: Gerald M. Levine Respecting the Record – Construing Rule 12 of the Policy
A complaint in a UDRP proceeding is a procedure that combines a pleading with a motion for summary judgment. Whatever evidence a party has in continue reading | |  | Posted By: LexisNexis Trademark Law Center Staff To Moniteur or Not to Monitor, That is eBay’s Question There are two sides to every coin, and in light of recent judgments, it looks like eBay’s coin is coming up heads in Europe and tails in the United States. In France, a continue reading | | | view all posts |
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