“Trademark owners have a duty to police their mark… The cost of dropping the ball on this duty can range from a bar on future enforcement of your rights against a particular company to a complete loss of all trademark rights.” (Mintz Levin) Applying for and obtaining a trademark is just the first step –… Read more »
On May 4, 2012, a Federal Circuit panel issued a decision that narrowed the conditions under which plaintiffs can include multiple unrelated defendants in claims of patent infringement. The ruling, which only applies to lawsuits filed before the America Invents Act took effect in September 2011, blocks joinder in multi-defendant patent infringement cases where the… Read more »
“Rosetta Stone’s complaint, filed in 2009, alleged that Google infringed Rosetta Stone’s trademark rights by selling its trademarks as keywords to third-party competitors without [its] permission…” – Fourth Circuit Resurrects Rosetta Stone’s Challenge to Google’s AdWords Program, by Mintz Levin If your online strategy involves use of your competitor’s trademark(s) to drive Google traffic, it might be time for… Read more »
