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Supreme Court handed down its decision in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International regarding the extraterritorial reach of the Lanham Act, the comprehensive trademark statute in the United States. The Justices voted 9-0 to vacate the 10th Circuit’s decision.
I. Introduction - In Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., the Supreme Court adopted a restrictive rule governing extraterritorial applications of the federal Lanh.
Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Abitron Austria GmbH, et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. on issue it has not squarely addressed in seven decades: extraterritorial reach of Lanham Act, the comprehensive trademark statute in the United States.
On March 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Abitron Austria GmbH, et al. (“Abitron et al.”) v. Hetronic International, Inc. (“Hetronic”) on an issue.