Join Kilpatrick’s Ted Davis for his annual review of recent developments in United States trademark and unfair competition case law. In this session, attendees will gain invaluable insights into:

• the continued judicial disagreement on the evidentiary value of federal registrations;

• the viability of the Rogers v. Grimaldi test for liability in cases not presenting trademark uses by defendants;

• the Ninth Circuit’s increasingly incoherent and inconsistent applications of the nominative fair use doctrine;

• possible guardrails on the failure-to-function ground for the refusal of applications by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;

• consumer standing (or the lack thereof) to bring inter partes actions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and Appeal Board; and

• the near elimination of precedential opinions from the Board.

This comprehensive update is essential for legal professionals looking to stay current on key trademark law developments.

IP Innovations

Intellectual Property Innovations is a series of one-hour webinars on cutting-edge intellectual property issues and recent IP developments for corporate and IP attorneys, technology-transfer personnel, business executives, and IP consultants.