6/3/2025 9:32:07 PM What's In a Name?: The Legal Landscape of Choosing Surnames as Trademarks By Nate Garhart As noted in the linked article, many iconic brands, including Ford, Harley-Davidson, and JC Penney (yes, he was real), bear the surnames...
5/16/2025 5:29:26 PM When Imitation is Neither Sincere Nor Flattering - Trademark Dilution By Nate Garhart With changing laws and the ubiquity of cannabis and vaping product and service providers, leveraging the familiarity of established...
5/14/2025 5:08:09 PM Trademark Applications Filed on an Intent-To-Use Basis Can Be Vulnerable To Challenge By Nate Garhart In filing to register a trademark on an “intent-to-use” basis, the applicant must verify that it has a good faith “bona fide intention to...
5/12/2025 4:24:43 PM In Limited Cases, Foreign Trademarks Can Affect U.S. Registration Rights By Nate Garhart It is a basic tenet of trademark law that rights are jurisdictional. Trademark owners only have rights in the mark in the jurisdictions...
5/8/2025 7:44:31 PM With Trademark Claims Against Gray Market Goods, the Devil Is in the Details By Nate Garhart When a third party purchases a manufacturer's goods intended for distribution outside of the U.S., and then imports those goods into and...