Publications
Concurrent Trademark Use: Is the Dawn Donut Rule Still Viable?
March 18, 2015
By Rachel Jaques Understanding the scope of protection that is granted by a federal trademark registration is vitally important. Some trademark owners may believe that federal registration grants automatic nationwide protection against another’s infringing use. While this rule is generally true there are a few important exceptions that all trademark owners and intellectual property counsel […]
Don’t Be Mistaken for a Troll: Compliance with State Patent Legislation
February 3, 2015
By Adam Beckstrom George Washington was one of many early supporters of the patent system, recognizing it as essential to provide encouragement to inventors to produce new and useful inventions. Despite early support from many of the founding fathers, the patent system has also received a great deal of criticism throughout the history of this […]
SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products
October 9, 2014
On September 17, 2014, the Federal Circuit decided the SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products case (Case No. 2013-1564). On appeal was the district court’s summary judgment grant of laches and equitable estoppel. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of laches and reversed its grant of equitable estoppel. The dispute between […]