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The Damaged are Welcome; the Merely Annoyed are Unwelcome in Federal Court

Two recently-decided cases brought by Apple illustrate the necessity of identifying real harm to one’s business before filing a lawsuit in federal court.

Post-License Use of Trademark Is Counterfeiting

A former trademark licensee’s continued use of a trademark after termination of the license constitutes trademark counterfeiting. That is the holding in a recent District of Indiana default judgment case, Century 21 v. Destiny Real Estate. The court explained: If an unrelated entity had created an identical trademark and provided authorized goods or services (or […]