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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.
On November 4, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted certiorari in Hetronic Int’l, Inc. v. Hetronic Germany GmbH, 10 F.4th 1016 (10th Cir. 2021), cert. granted sub nom. Abitron.
Circuit courts have struggled for decades to adopt a uniform approach for when to apply the Lanham Act extraterritorially. That struggle may end soon. In the Abitron Austria case, the.