The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule in a case that tests the limits of registering trademarks involving living public figures with a proposed mark for "Trump Too Small," and the Federal Circuit will weigh in on an appeal that pushes the boundaries of profanities as trademarks. Here are Law360's trademark cases to watch in 2024.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in a music publisher dispute that could dramatically change how much money plaintiffs in copyright lawsuits can recover, and an infringement suit involving an artificial intelligence platform is the first to get a trial date. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest copyright cases to watch in 2024.
Fortnite developer Epic Games has told a California federal court it did not infringe a copyrighted dance routine by including portions in the popular online video game, saying in its first arguments since the Ninth Circuit remanded the case that the fair use doctrine bars a celebrity choreographer's claims.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied it is retaliating against a man who wants to register the F-bomb as a trademark, telling the Federal Circuit the rejection of his application has nothing to do with his 2019 Supreme Court victory that overturned a prohibition on scandalous and immoral marks.
A man who was photographed naked as a four-month-old on the cover of Nirvana's iconic 1991 album "Nevermind" can continue his child pornography suit against music publishers and the band, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, saying a California federal court was wrong to dismiss the complaint based on a 10-year statute of limitations.