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The Original Trademark Owner Accused of Infringement

by Pamela Chestek • February 28, 2022 • trademark • 0 Comments

In Unisource Discovery, Inc. v. Unisource Discovery, LLC, we have a trademark ownership decision masquarading as a likelihood of confusion analysis. The same mark was used by two entities cooperatively for a number of years without any formal licensing arrangement. As happens there was a falling out, and now the two are dueling over...
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All I Know Is YOU Don’t Own It

by Pamela Chestek • March 9, 2016 • trademark • 0 Comments

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is a tribunal of limited jurisdiction. All it has to decide is whether a particular applicant or registrant may own a registration for a particular trademark. In other words, it doesn’t have to decide who wins as between two parties, but rather just has to decide whether one...
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