The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated a nearly $5 million attorney fee award in favor of a small Pennsylvania-based athletic clothing brand that accused Nike of trademark infringement over its “Cool Compression” trademark. In a July 10 opinion, authored by Third Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman, the court…

WEX, a commercial banking company based in Portland, Maine, scored a victory in a trademark battle against HP Tuesday after a federal judge granted the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, banning HP from using its “Workforce Experience Platform” trademark during the pending case. WEX filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for…

A little over four years ago, Charles Martin stepped down as senior partner at Macfarlanes after 12 years at the helm. Not long after, he retired from the U.K.-based independent firm he had called home for more than 40 years, having reached the firm’s mandatory retirement age of 60. “I’d…

Hip-hop band Beastie Boys, represented by Rimon Law partner Michael Lazaroff, filed a copyright infringement complaint against the parent company of restaurant chain Chili’s on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges that, starting in late 2022, Texas-based Brinker International Inc. encouraged the creation and…

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In a class action lawsuit against Altria Group over their Juul e-cigarettes, it likely came as no surprise that the class numbered in the millions. What may have been a shock, though, was that the number of claims received for a proposed settlement exceeded 14.4 million—almost five times more than expected.…