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June 20, 2017, Covington Alert
In a case that has drawn significant media attention for its potential effect on the Washington Redskins organization, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday, June 19, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) cannot deny a trademark registration on the basis that the proposed mark may “disparage” “persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols.” Instead, the Court held that the 70-year-old law prohibiting registration of such marks, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), “offends a bedrock First Amendment principle: Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend.”
Covington Secures Jury Verdict in Willful Trademark Infringement Case Against Quiksilver
7/22/2013
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2013 — A Covington trial team on Friday won a $3.6 million jury verdict in California federal court after a jury found that apparel giant Quiksilver Inc. willfully infringed World Marketing, Inc.’s longstanding federally registered “VISITOR” brand. Following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana, ...
November 2006, Trademark World