Disparaging Names: The Supreme Court to Rule on Trademark Disparagement in Lee v. Tam
I attended the Supreme Court argument for Lee v. Tam in January 2017 and, let me tell you, it was worth standing in the cold for four hours. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the trademark issues at play, but when they do, it will set new precedent for trademark...
2016 Presidential Election: Race to the Whitehouse or Race to the Courthouse for Copyright infringement.
Last year’s presidential election was been one of the craziest and most publicized elections of the United States of America’s history. All of the candidates that ran had one simple message. They wanted to be president because they will be the most beneficial for the...
Ivanka Trump and Bad-Faith Chinese Trademarks: Trademark “Hijacking” and “Bad-Faith Filing”
Overseas companies are looking to “cash in” on Trump’s presidency by making the most of his daughter’s name. [1] Despite a downward trend in her company’s domestic sales, [2] Ivanka’s brand has become a hot commodity in China, where over sixty-five trademark...