Perspectives

As a general rule, in order to be protectable trade dress, a feature of a product, for example, the product's color, must be...

When seeing similar trademarks or trade dress employed by a third party, companies often immediately react with a demand letter requiring...

At first, many people jumped to the conclusion that this upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case threatens corporate separateness by putting...

Trademarks and the Right to Stop Third-Party Use Trademark owners have the right to stop third parties from using marks that could cause...

After being sued for trademark infringement, Oakland has hit back at San Francisco with a countersuit for declaratory relief. The...

Even with the A's leaving the Bay Area, we're getting an extra SF-Oakland matchup. This trademark infringement case will have some...

The time between filing and initial examination of a trademark application at the United States Patent & Trademark Office has continued...

Companies often apply to register their trademark for use in connection with goods that are not actually related to their business. For...

Actual confusion is considered the sine qua non of trademark infringement. The presence of actual confusion can carry the day in proving...