Solicitor General Recommends That Supreme Court Accept Review Of Case Involving Extraterritorial Reach Of U.S. Trademark Law

In an earlier post we noted that the Supreme Court called for the views of the Solicitor General on whether to accept review of Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., a case involving the international reach of U.S. trademark law. The issue is whether a U.S. trademark owner can recover damages for infringing sales outside the U.S. to non-U.S. customers. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals said yes, if those non-U.S. sales diverted sales that […]

By | November 10th, 2022 ||

Warby Parker Beats Back 1-800’s Infringement Claims

In our Fall 2021 issue, we reported on the Second Circuit’s decision in 1-800-Contacts, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 1 F.4th 102 (2d Cir. 2021). In that case, the Second Circuit reviewed the online contact lens retailer’s practice of filing trademark infringement lawsuits against competitors who purchased 1-800-Contacts related “keywords” so that their own paid advertisements would appear in the search results of consumers searching online for 1-800’s website. 1-800 typically then entered into settlement agreements […]

By | November 5th, 2022 ||

Singapore: Registered Designs Legislative Amendments Enters Into Force

Intellectual Property of Singapore (IPOS) in its constant endeavor to grow the IP regime and provide an effective legal framework to the local design industries of Singapore has taken a significant step forward as the Registered Designs (Amendment) Act 2017 (“Act”) and its corresponding subsidiary legislation amendments comes into force from October 30, 2017 12. Key features of the amendment are as follows:
Expanding the scope of Registered Design:
This amendment allows the broadening of scope of […]

By | November 3rd, 2022 ||