SWIPLit

Supreme Court Addresses Covenants Not To Sue In Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.

On January 9, 2013, in Already LLC v. Nike, Inc., No. 11-982, 2013 WL 85300 (U.S. Jan. 9, 2013), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a broadly-crafted covenant not to enforce a trademark against a competitor’s existing products and any future “colorable imitations” moots the competitor’s counterclaim to have the trademark declared invalid. Noting that […]

| 6 min read
PS

Trademark Owners Have Until October 28, 2011 to Reserve Their Trademarks from Registration as .xxx Internet Domains

As the adult entertainment industry’s (the “Sponsored Community’s”) new .xxx sponsored Top Level Domain (“sTLD”) regime is set to come into effect later this year, an inexpensive and practical opportunity for trademark owners to protect their marks from being associated with that industry, is about to expire.  Only until October 28, 2011 — a period […]

| 3 min read
PS