The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Intrastate Distributors, Inc., reversing the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's dismissal of Sunkist's opposition to Intrastate's trademarks. The decision highlights concerns regarding the use of non-trademark images in assessing likelihood of confusion between similar marks.
The world of advertising campaign norms is changing as more social media influencers self-film advertisements on their phones, and are engaged by advertisers specifically because they're the expert of their own art direction and know what their followers are looking for.
"If Xerox wanted its more limited construction, it should have written the claims as it did in the substitute claim," said the CAFC.
"We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the Patent Office during prosecution."
Brazil has filed 4,819 patent applications in Latin American countries between 2002 and 2021, indicating its strong innovation ecosystem and regional leadership.
Stephanie Cohen, Cloudflare's chief strategy officer, stated, 'The change in traffic patterns has been rapid, and something needed to change. This is just the beginning of a new model for the internet.'