The following interview was originally published on Lawdragon.com and it has been reprinted below with permission. Our 10th anniversary edition of the Lawdragon 500 is bound to have an impressive array of…
On Friday, January 16, 2015, the University of San Diego, School of Law held their 5th Annual Patent Law Conference, sponsored in part by Knobbe Martens. San Diego Partner Kerry…
Jonathan Losk has joined Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses in the medical device, electronics, communications and computing…
On February 5, the Federal Circuit issued its first decision on an appeal of a final written decision of an Inter Partes Review (“IPR”). The decision addressed two outstanding questions of…
In December 2012, Congress passed the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act, which authorizes the United States to become a member of the Hague Agreement for the Registration of Industrial Designs…
On February 10, hedge fund Hayman Credes Master Fund, L.P., under the name Coalition For Affordable Drugs (ADROCA) LLC, filed a petition for Inter Partes Review (IPR2015-00720) against U.S. Pat….
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the nation’s leading intellectual property law firms, is pleased to announce that Adeel Akhtar, managing partner of its San Francisco office, has…
Joseph Re, a litigation partner at Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, has been selected as one of the Top 25 lawyers in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2014-2015…
Attorneys from Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the largest intellectual property firms in the United States, will be presenting “Magnifying Your IP IQ: Topics for the Savvy…
Diageo、Crown Royalの巾着袋に関するトレードドレス権を主張 Diageo社は、ウイスキーに使用する「Crown Royal」という登録商標を所有している。Diageo社は、紫の巾着袋に包装した同社のCrown Royalウイスキーを長年の間販売してきた。Mexcor社が「Texas Crown Club」や「California Crown Club」などの商標を付け各州の旗をあしらった巾着袋に瓶を包装した、州をテーマにしたウイスキーのシリーズを発売したとき、Diageo社は自社の「Crown Royal」の商標と巾着袋を使用した包装のトレードドレスを侵害しているとしてMexcor社を提訴した。 陪審は商標とトレードドレスの侵害を認め、Diageo社を支持する評決を出した。また、陪審はDiageo社に40万ドルを超える損害賠償を認めた。裁判所は、差止命令に関する詳細な命令はまだ発していない。 Diageo North America, Inc. v. Mexcor, Inc. et al., Case no. 4:13-cv-00856 (United States District Court for…
