USPTO Loses Its-Heads I Win, Tails You Lose Rule re: Attorneys’ Fee Awards
Last year I wrote about the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) taking the position that even when it lost, the other side had to…
It’s Official — Trademarks are “FUCT”
It was only a matter of time. THE “GOOD OLD DAYS” BEFORE DISPARAGING, VULGAR AND SCANDALOUS TRADEMARKS For seventy years the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
USPTO’S Attorney Fee Awards, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Under the American Rule “each litigant pays his own expense, win or lose, unless a statute or contract provides otherwise.” But recently the United States Patent…
Food Fight: Burger Edition
Beloved burger chain In-N-Out Burger, home of not-so-secret menu items and “animal style” fries, has sued burger competitor Smashburger, claiming that Smashburger’s new “Triple Double”…
[Acapulco] Gold* Rush for California Cannabis Trademarks January 1, 2018
[Note: A previous version of this article ran on Wendel Rosen’s cannabis industry blog at http://www.calcannabislawblog.com on June 8, 2017.] In June 2017, the California…
