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Don’t Expressly Abandoned a Trademark You Allege is Infringed
I don’t usually write about abandonment, but Commerce Bancorp LLC v. Hill is a good teaching moment – or maybe a not, since it looks like Commerce Bancorp dodged a bullet. But it only survived summary judgment in a court that sets a low bar for finding a genuine issue of material fact. The facts… Continue reading
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Claims Left Barely Standing
Commerce Bancorp LLC v. Hill is a meaty enough case on ownership issues alone it’s good for two blog posts. First is a standing problem that cropped up, second an allegation of trademark abandonment. I’ll do standing now and abandonment later. I am always somewhat baffled by changes in ownership of intellectual property when the… Continue reading
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