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Moral Judgments In Trademark Law, Ned Snow
Moral Judgments In Trademark Law, Ned Snow
American University Law Review
Under the federal Lanham Act, eligibility for trademark protection depends on whether a mark is sufficiently moral. The Federal Circuit has recently held this provision of the Act to be unconstitutional based on its interpretation of speech doctrine. The context of trademark law, however, refutes this interpretation. Indeed, speech doctrine appears to support this morality requirement. Nevertheless, there seems to be another reason that the Federal Circuit held the morality requirement unconstitutional: the judicial discomfort with morality serving as a basis for law. This Essay concludes that this judicial discomfort is unjustified in this instance. From both a constitutional and …
Past, Present, And Future In The Life Of The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, Paul R. Michel
Past, Present, And Future In The Life Of The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, Paul R. Michel
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Assuring Consistency And Uniformity Of Precedent And Legal Doctrine In The Areas Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Entrusted Exclusively To The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: A View From The Top A Review Of Recent Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Foreword, Paul R. Michel
American University Law Review
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Assuring Consistency And Uniformity Of Precedent And Legal Doctrine In The Areas Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Entrusted Exclusively To The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: A View From The Top A Review Of Recent Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Foreword, Paul R. Michel
American University Law Review
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2007 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Dean L. Fanelli, Victor N. Balancia, Robert J. Smyth, Carl P. Bretscher, Arthur M. Antonelli, Mark J. Sullivan, Kent E. Basson
2007 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Dean L. Fanelli, Victor N. Balancia, Robert J. Smyth, Carl P. Bretscher, Arthur M. Antonelli, Mark J. Sullivan, Kent E. Basson
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
2007 International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Munford Page Hall Ii, Michael S. Lee
2007 International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Munford Page Hall Ii, Michael S. Lee
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Price Of Popularity: The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit 2007, Jay S. Plager
Price Of Popularity: The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit 2007, Jay S. Plager
American University Law Review
This year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The anniversary was acknowledged with appropriate ceremony, including an en banc session of the court on April 2 attended by various luminaries in the judicial and political branches of the United States. The somewhat tongue-in-cheek title of this essay is intended to suggest an important idea about the court today: with increased visibility, significance, and impact have come consequences, some desirable, some not. This essay undertook a brief review of how the court got where it is, and a look at what …
Survey Of The Federal Circuit's Patent Law Decisions In 2006: A New Chapter In The Ongoing Dialogue With The Supreme Court, Gregory A. Castanias, Lawrence D. Rosenberg, Michael S. Fried, Todd R. Geremia
Survey Of The Federal Circuit's Patent Law Decisions In 2006: A New Chapter In The Ongoing Dialogue With The Supreme Court, Gregory A. Castanias, Lawrence D. Rosenberg, Michael S. Fried, Todd R. Geremia
American University Law Review
In 2006, the Federal Circuit decided only one portion of one patent case en banc, and that was done mainly as a procedural matter (the entire case was not argued to an en banc court) in order to reconcile prior conflicting precedent on the issue of induced patent infringement with the recent Supreme Court decision in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., involving induced copyright infringement. But in light of the Supreme Court’s much more muscular review of the Federal Circuit’s patent cases—which may not even reflect the full extent of the Court’s interest in the Federal Circuit’s patent decisions—the …
2006 Government Contract Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, David W. Burgett, William F. Ferreira, Allison D. Pugsley, Deborah A. Raviv
2006 Government Contract Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, David W. Burgett, William F. Ferreira, Allison D. Pugsley, Deborah A. Raviv
American University Law Review
In 2006, the Federal Circuit issued over two hundred and fifty precedential opinions and orders. This article discusses sixteen precedent-setting opinions involving government contract law issues, setting forth the relevant facts, the Federal Circuit’s analysis, and key points for practitioners to glean from each case. This article also includes a discussion of the Federal Circuit’s September 2006 opinion regarding the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program (“TPBP”) refund program, a case that the pharmaceutical industry watched closely. The decisions have been grouped into the following categories: jurisdiction, contract interpretation, costs, contract termination, bid protests, and patent rights.
International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit: 2006 Cases And Highlights Of 2003-2005, Alexandra E.P. Baj
International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit: 2006 Cases And Highlights Of 2003-2005, Alexandra E.P. Baj
American University Law Review
Over the past four years, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) has, as it has done since its establishment in 1982, exercised its jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(5) to review decisions of the United States Court of International Trade (“CIT”) regarding U.S. regulation of international trade. While trade cases currently make up only about six percent of the docket of the Federal Circuit, decisions in these cases can have a significant discernable impact on the day-to-day investigation and regulation of trade matters of the three U.S. agencies featured most prominently in the trade …
Review Of The 2006 Trademark Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Christine Haight Farley, Geri L. Haight
Review Of The 2006 Trademark Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Christine Haight Farley, Geri L. Haight
American University Law Review
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) delivered only seven precedential trademark opinions in 2006. This small proportion of trademark cases is consistent with the court’s docket in recent years. This year, the court addressed a range of interesting substantive issues including trade dress configuration, reverse passing off, and genericism. Notably, two of the seven precedential decisions involved plant names protected by the Plant Variety Protection Act. The Federal Circuit decided only one case in 2006 where the primary issue was procedural, rather than substantive. In that case, discussed below, the Federal Circuit sided with …
The Federal Circuit And The Supreme Court, Arthur J. Gajarsa, Lawrence P. Cogswell
The Federal Circuit And The Supreme Court, Arthur J. Gajarsa, Lawrence P. Cogswell
American University Law Review
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2005 Trademark Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Stephen R. Baird
2005 Trademark Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Stephen R. Baird
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Future Role Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Now That It Has Turned 21, Richard Linn
The Future Role Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Now That It Has Turned 21, Richard Linn
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
2001 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit , Jaseph Ferraro
2001 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit , Jaseph Ferraro
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Review Of The 1999 Trademark Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit , Stephen R. Baird
Review Of The 1999 Trademark Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit , Stephen R. Baird
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Review Of The 1999 Patent Law Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit , Phil N. Makrogiannis
Review Of The 1999 Patent Law Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit , Phil N. Makrogiannis
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Must Evolve To Meet The Challenges Ahead , Paul R. Michel
The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Must Evolve To Meet The Challenges Ahead , Paul R. Michel
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Echoes Of Scientific Truth In The Halls Of Justice: The Standards Of Review Applied By The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit In Patent-Related Matters , Lawrence M. Sung
Echoes Of Scientific Truth In The Halls Of Justice: The Standards Of Review Applied By The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit In Patent-Related Matters , Lawrence M. Sung
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Survey Of Government Contract Cases In The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: 1997 In Review , Lionel M. Lavenue
Survey Of Government Contract Cases In The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: 1997 In Review , Lionel M. Lavenue
American University Law Review
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Introduction A Review Of Recent Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Court , Glenn L. Archer, Jr.
Introduction A Review Of Recent Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Court , Glenn L. Archer, Jr.
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.