Year: 2022

On September 30, 2022, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was formally inducted to the Supreme Court at her investiture ceremony. She was already sworn in as of June 30, 2022, and now officially takes her seat on the Court. Associate Justice Jackson is the 116th Supreme Court Justice, the sixth woman, and first Black woman…

Former singer of the legendary band Journey, Steve Perry, has filed to cancel trademark registrations allegedly owned by other current Journey band members, including lead guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Jonathan Cain. Under 15 U.S.C. §1064: “A petition to cancel a registration of a mark, stating the grounds relied upon, may, upon payment of…

Following Cleveland’s Major League Baseball (“MLB”) team name change from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians, an intellectual property attorney in South Carolina has submitted a new U.S. trademark application for CLEVELAND INDIANS for clothing goods, and Petitioned to Cancel the Cleveland Guardians’ still-existing registration for the old team name. As pointed out in…

After filing a lawsuit against Molson Coors in 2018 for trademark infringement and unfair competition, Stone Brewing was awarded $56 million by an eight-person jury in March of this year. This case began when beer giant Molson Coors shortened the advertising and packaging of their Keystone Light line of beers to “Stone” by itself, rather…