Tag: trademark infringement
Woodard Emhardt Obtains Dismissal of Trademark Infringement Complaint
May 19, 2016
Judge Stivers of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky recently ordered that a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against operators of historical horse racing games by numerous prominent race tracks should be dismissed. The suit alleged that…
Read MoreSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals Proposes New Standards For Awarding Attorneys’ Fees in Trademark Infringement Suits
May 4, 2011
15 U.S.C. §1117(a) allows attorneys’ fees to be awarded to prevailing parties in federal Lanham Act suits (brought primarily for trademark infringement) — but only in “exceptional cases.” So what constitutes an exceptional case? Are the various Circuit courts in…
Read MoreIrreparable Harm in Preliminary Injunctions and Inevitable Disclosure
December 3, 2010
This presentation includes a discussion of the state of the law regarding preliminary injunctions in trademark infringement cases. It also examines similar issues with respect to trade secret infringement, particularly as they relate to the doctrine of inevitable disclosure. Click…
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