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2019 IP Law Year in Review: Trademarks
By Eleanor B. Atkins, Rebecca Harker Duttry, Sarah Bro and Paul Devinsky on Feb 6, 2020
Posted In Trademarks
Executive Summary Trademark jurisprudence in 2019 may be best summarized in two words: questions and answers. Decisions handed down at the district court level have teed up key questions that are poised to be answered by the United States Supreme Court in the 2020 term—such as the protectability of certain “.com” trademarks, as well as...
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Failure to Mitigate Not a Complete Defense to Statutory Damages Under Copyright or DMCA
By Sarah Bro on Jan 29, 2020
Posted In Copyrights
On an issue of first impression in a copyright infringement dispute out of the Southern District of Texas, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit confirmed that failure to mitigate is not a complete defense to copyright or Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claims for statutory damages. Energy Intelligence Grp., Inc. et. al.,...
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