by LNL Lawyers | May 9, 2019 | Business, Intellectual Property, Litigation
Patent infringement has long been subject to a special venue (site of litigation) statute, 28 U.S.C. 1400. Unlike general venue statutes which concentrate on where an injury took place, the nature of the parties, and convenience of the parties and courts; Section 1400...
by LNL Lawyers | Apr 5, 2019 | Business, General, Intellectual Property, Litigation
A recent Ohio Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case, based on some convoluted facts and possibly misguided in its outcome, nonetheless illustrates some very important business realities on the intersection of trade names and trademarks in Ohio. Wooster Floral &...
by LNL Lawyers | Jan 14, 2019 | General, Intellectual Property, LNL News
This Spring the Supreme Court will decide whether the mark FUCT, along with a reversed swastika, should be registered on the Principal Register as a U.S. trademark for a clothing line. The Court recently decided, in Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017) that the long...
