Woodard Emhardt Obtains Dismissal of Trademark Infringement Complaint

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…

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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Proposes New Standards For Awarding Attorneys’ Fees in Trademark Infringement Suits

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…

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Irreparable Harm in Preliminary Injunctions and Inevitable Disclosure

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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