by Kelsey Barcomb | Jul 2, 2020
Greetings, Court Fans! No new decisions today, but there’s still plenty to discuss. This morning, the Court granted certiorari in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (No. 19-351), a petition brought by our own Jonathan Freiman and company, concerning the scope of...
by Kelsey Barcomb | Jul 2, 2020
Greetings, Court Fans! When we last wrote, the Court had yet to issue decisions in at least eight cases, with only one decision day before the end of June, the date by which it typically wraps up its term. Suffice itto say that Tuesday did not break the record for the...
by Kelsey Barcomb | Jul 2, 2020
In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Fourth Circuit decision overturning the Patent and Trademark Office refusal of registration of BOOKING.COM under Section 2(e) of the Lanham Act as being a generic designation. The Patent and Trademark Office had...
by Kelsey Barcomb | Jun 30, 2020
Greetings, Court Fans! It’s the penultimate day (okay, night) of June, and there are still eight or nine decisions outstanding (depending on consolidations). Unless tomorrow is one of the most extraordinary decision days in the Court’s history, it looks like the term...
by Kelsey Barcomb | Jun 29, 2020
Partner Veronica Bauer and Associate Mary Margaret Colleary’s recent Private Client Services advisory, “Florida Remote Signing Laws Effective July 1, 2020,” was recently published in The National Law Review. Read the advisory here.