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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.
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Lanham Act infringement and unfair competition provisions "are not extraterritorial and that they extend only to claims where the claimed.
How far does the Lanham Act’s reach extend? The Supreme Court gave us one answer in Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. and made it simple: not very far.