Fireball Frenzy: When First Registering a Mark, Genericness of a Mark Is Determined at the Time of Registration
BULLSHINE DISTILLERY LLC v. SAZERAC BRANDS, LLC Before Moore, Reyna and Taranto. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: In assessing genericness, the TTAB considers how the mark...
A Certification Mark May Be Famous for Any Reason and May Connote More Than the Product’s Place of Origin
BUREAU NATIONAL INTERPROFESSIONNEL DU COGNAC v. COLOGNE & COGNAC ENTERTAINMENT Before Lourie, Clevenger and Hughes. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Fame and likelihood of confusion analyses...
In IP & Tech Law Journal Article, Baraa Kahf and Savannah Torborg Discuss the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, the Complexities It Created, and Possible Resolutions
Partner Baraa Kahf and Associate Savannah Torborg authored the article “A Future in Flux: Why the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Created More Questions Than Answers,” published in Intellectual Property &...
