The U.S. Supreme Court's end-of-term decision in Abitron v. Hetronic seems to have created more questions than answers about U.S. brand owners' ability to leverage the federal Lanham Act in global trademark disputes.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s end-of-term decision in Abitron v. Hetronic seems to have created more questions than answers about U.S. brand owners’ ability to leverage the federal Lanham.
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A June 29, 2023 Supreme Court ruling limits the reach of the Lanham Act to essentially only domestic use of a mark in commerce. The Supreme Court’s opinion in Abitron.
In Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., Oklahoma-based Hetronic, maker of radio remote controls for heavy-duty construction equipment, sued its former distributor.