Trademarkology

On August 14, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a revised opinion in Swagway, LLC v. ITC, Case No. 18-1672 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 14, 2019) that left open the possibility that decisions by the International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) could have preclusive effect in federal district court cases involving trademarks.

You may have heard by now that a certain Midwestern university that gets a lot of attention in this blog has filed an application to register the word THE as a trademark.

As more states begin legalizing marijuana, there remains substantial tension with federal law, under which marijuana is illegal.

Seventy-five years ago this year, one of the most familiar public service images was created: Smokey Bear.