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University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

2023

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Deserting Desert Desserts: How Abandoning Outdated Buffet-Style Restaurants Could Aide In Nevada’S Statewide Ghg-Emission Reduction Goals, Emily Espinosa Sep 2023

Deserting Desert Desserts: How Abandoning Outdated Buffet-Style Restaurants Could Aide In Nevada’S Statewide Ghg-Emission Reduction Goals, Emily Espinosa

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

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Of Marks And Markets: An Empirical Study Of Trademark Litigation, Jessica M. Kiser, Sean P. Wright, Benjamin P. Edwards Jan 2023

Of Marks And Markets: An Empirical Study Of Trademark Litigation, Jessica M. Kiser, Sean P. Wright, Benjamin P. Edwards

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Trademarks are increasingly valuable assets, and some companies aggressively enforce and protect these assets. Such aggressive tactics can harm small businesses and chill creativity and speech, but trademark owners are routinely told that the law requires them to stop all similar third-party trademark usage or risk abandonment of their rights. While prior scholarship has discussed how the risk of trademark abandonment is quite low, incentives built into trademark law still push companies to court. This Article presents the results of an event study utilizing an established database of trademark infringement cases to provide insight to decisionmakers on whether the stock …