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British American Tobacco Plc received a preliminary U.S. legal victory Friday in its patent-infringement lawsuit against rival Philip Morris International Inc.
An administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an initial determination that PMIâs IQOS products infringe on patents owned by the BAT Group.
A patent-infringement lawsuit was filed in April 2020 by three Reynolds American Inc. business units focused on the technology involved in making heat-not-burn traditional cigarettes.
The groups are R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co.
The Reynolds affiliates are requesting a temporary and a permanent injunction against the importation, sale and distribution of PMIâs IQOS products, as well as âenhanced damages,â alleging âdefendantsâ infringement has been and continues to be deliberate, willful and unlicensed.â
Inmar Intelligence plans moving from Innovation Quarter to One West Fourth tower
Inmar Intelligence is moving on from its anchor space in Innovation Quarter, but is not leaving downtown Winston-Salem.
Inmar said in a company blog posted Thursday that it is departing from a 242,000-square-foot headquarters building renovated from a vacant former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. facility.
The company is taking about 177,000 square feet in the One West Fourth tower to the west. It is planning to complete the move by May 2022.
Inmar currently occupies a 242,000-square-foot building in Innovation Quarter, making it the largest tenant in the research district.
The Board affirmed two Section 2(e)(1) refusals of the proposed
mark
CLEAR for footwear, lingerie, and other
clothing items, and for handbags, purses, wallets and related
items, all excluding transparent goods, finding the
term to be deceptively misdescriptive of the goods. The Board
observed that consumers are not aware of the nontransparent limitation in the application, and not
all purchases of Applicant Dolce Vita s goods are made after
direct inspection of the goods.
In re Dolce Vita Footwear,
Inc., Serial Nos. 88554717 and 88554722 (April 29, 2021) [precedential]
(Opinions by Judge Jyll Taylor).
A mark is considered deceptively misdescriptive under Section
2(e)(1) if: (1) the mark misdescribes a quality, feature, function,
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