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On April 23rd, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that willfulness is not required for trademark owners to recover damages from infringers, settling a Circuit Court split on the matter. Six Circuit Courts previously required willfulness in order to award profits to non-competitors while six other Circuit Courts did not...
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Automotive Body Parts Association’s petition for certiorari from the Federal Circuit’s decision upholding Ford design patents for “new, original and ornamental design” headlamp and hood designs on certain models of Ford’s F-150 trucks...
USPTO - In January, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office released its annual Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2019. Overall, the report showed…