Posts by Laura Winston, Esq.
Chew on This – SCOTUS Rules that Dog Toy Parodying Jack Daniel’s Can’t Hide Behind First Amendment
On June 8, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Jack Daniel’s in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP…
Read MoreDoes the First Amendment Protect the Use of Parody for Commercial Purposes? The US Supreme Court Will Decide
On March 22, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. In…
Read MoreUSPTO Shortens Time for Response to Office Actions
On December 3, 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is making a big change to the requirements to…
Read MoreTrademark Law v. The First Amendment – the Saga Continues
In recent years, the US Supreme Court found that two provisions of the US trademark law that date back to…
Read MoreNew Year, New Trademark Law – Petitions for Expungement and Reexamination of Trademark Registrations
The Trademark Modernization Act took effect on December 18, 2021, and now it is easier and less expensive to cancel…
Read MoreTrademark Trial and Appeal Board Finds Reckless Disregard for the Truth Equals Fraud, Cancels Trademark Registration
The U.S. trademark law provides that a trademark registration may be canceled if it was obtained fraudulently. A registration may…
Read MoreNot Forgetting Trademarks: Protecting your NFT Brand
To Read Part One of our NFT series, click here »» To Read Part Two of our NFT series, click…
Read MoreIs Genericide Still A Thing? Maybe We Worry Too Much About ‘Proper Use Of Trademarks’
As Published in The Legal Intelligencer – Special Section March 2021: Intellectual Property By: Laura Winston Earlier this year, the…
Read MoreOffit Kurman’s Laura Winston Presents to PIPLA Audience on the Trademark Modernization Act
Offit Kurman intellectual property attorney Laura Winston recently presented to the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA) on the Trademark…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Relief Bill Embeds U.S. Trademark Law Changes
Understandably, most of the focus of the Consolidated Appropriations Act has been on the COVID-19 relief provisions. However, the bill…
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