15 May 2020TrademarksRory O'Neill

SCOTUS tosses Second Circuit’s blanket TM defence rule

Defendants cannot be barred from raising defence claims that weren’t litigated through to judgment in previous cases on different issues, the US Supreme Court has ruled.

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