| 25A708 |
CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. |
Third Circuit |
2025-12-17 |
Application |
|
circuit-split consumer-deception false-advertising lanham-act trademark-law willful-misrepresentation |
Question not identified. |
| 25-400 |
PT Medisafe Technologies v. United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2025-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split color-trademark generic-mark statutory-interpretation trademark-law trademark-protection |
Does the "generic name" requirement of the trademark statute, 15 U.S.C. § 1064(3), apply equally to all marks or is there a special rule for color tra… |
| 25-217 |
CeramTec GmbH v. CoorsTek Bioceramics LLC, fka C5 Medical Werks, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
design-functionality evidence-standard intellectual-property product-design trademark-law utility-patent |
Whether under this Court's decision in TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 (2001), a utility patent that produces a product… |
| 25-215 |
Vetements Group AG v. Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-21 |
Denied |
|
consumer-perception descriptiveness foreign-equivalents genericness lanham-act trademark-law |
Under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq., no mark shall be refused nationwide protection as a registered trademark on account of its nature unle… |
| 25-144 |
Thomas D. Foster, APC v. Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure constitutional-vagueness lanham-act statutory-interpretation trademark-application trademark-law |
1. Whether the Federal Circuit improperly considered government developments that post date a trademark applicant's filing to support a refusal under … |
| 25-75 |
Crocs, Inc. v. Double Diamond Distribution, Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
commercial-advertising intangible-properties lanham-act misrepresentation patent-status trademark-law |
Whether the Lanham Act's prohibition on "misrepresent[ations]" as to "nature, characteristics, [or] qualities" extends to misrepresentations about the… |
| 24-6901 |
Junior-Tony Dieujuste v. Jessica Sin, Judge, Family Court of New York, Queens County, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-action child-support court-proceedings judicial-immunity servicemark trademark-law |
1. Whether judicial immunity extends to administrative actions taken by court officials in child support proceedings that involve the unauthorized use… |
| 24-1016 |
RiseandShine Corporation, dba Rise Brewing v. PepsiCo, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-24 |
Pending |
CVSGResponse RequestedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split federal-trademark intellectual-property likelihood-of-confusion statutory-interpretation trademark-law |
Whether trademark strength is a question of fact in a likelihood-of-confusion analysis under 15 U.S.C. § 1114. |
| 24-1011 |
Jem Accessories, Inc., dba Xtreme Cables, a New Jersey Corporation v. Harman International Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-21 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split intellectual-property laches lanham-act statute-of-limitations trademark-law |
Whether courts may borrow state statutes of limitations to create presumptions of laches in federal trademark actions under the Lanham Act.
Whether c… |
| 23-900 |
Dewberry Group, Inc., fka Dewberry Capital Corporation v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-conflict civil-procedure corporate-form corporate-separateness lanham-act profits-disgorgement standing statutory-interpretation trademark-law |
Whether an award of the "defendant's profits" under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), can include an order for the defendant to disgorge the distin… |
| 23-752 |
Y.Y.G.M. SA, dba Brandy Melville v. Redbubble, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-consequences circuit-split contributory-liability contributory-trademark-infringement intellectual-property knowledge-standard legal-standard reasonable-steps specific-infringement trademark-infringement trademark-law |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Second and Tenth Circuits, that a defendant may be held liable for contributor… |
| 23A517 |
Dewberry Group, Inc., f/k/a Dewberry Capital Corporation, a Georgia Corporation v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., a New York Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
corporate-separateness equity-principles lanham-act profit-disgorgement trademark-infringement trademark-law |
1. This case presents an important and recurring question concerning the remedies available for federal trademark-law claims under the Lanham Act, 15 … |
| 23-68 |
Springboards to Education, Inc. v. Mission Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure consumer-confusion fact-intensive-inquiry legal-standard standard-of-review summary-judgment trademark trademark-law |
1. Whether the case met the standard to dismiss on summary judgment because no reasonable jury could return a verdict in favor of the non-moving party… |
| 23-63 |
San Diego County Credit Union v. Citizens Equity First Credit Union |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-24 |
Denied |
|
15-usc-1119 cardinal-chemical circuit-split invalidity jurisdiction non-infringement patent-and-trademark-office summary-judgment trademark-cancellation trademark-disputes trademark-law |
Question 1:
In trademark disputes, the alleged infringing party often seeks declarations that the mark of the opposing party (i) is not infringed and … |
| 22-1249 |
Foremost Title & Escrow Services, LLC v. FCOA, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
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burden-of-proof circuit-split consumer-confusion incontestable incontestable-mark lanham-act presumption trademark trademark-law |
Under 15 U.S.C. § 1065, certain trademarks are incontestable. All Circuits considering the issue, except the Eleventh, do not presume that an incontes… |
| 22-347 |
Diece-Lisa Industries, Inc. v. Disney Store USA, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
expressive-work first-amendment intellectual-property likelihood-of-confusion reverse-confusion trademark-infringement trademark-law |
1. Does the First Amendment provide an infringer blanket immunity for trademark infringement across all categories of goods so long as they can claim … |
| 21-1264 |
Larry Klayman v. Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-03-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split consumer-confusion hearsay-evidence lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion non-disparagement precedent trademark-infringement trademark-law |
1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit err by failing to apply the "appreciable number of consumers" standard to the "l… |
| 21-660 |
Freelancer International Pty Limited, et al. v. Upwork Global, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
counterfeit-mark fair-use fair-use-defense irreparable-harm preliminary-injunction retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-law |
For at least a decade, the petitioner has been using the registered and now-incontestable trademark "Freelancer" in commerce with various goods and se… |
| 21-513 |
Australian Leather Pty. Ltd., et al. v. Deckers Outdoor Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2021-10-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
english-speaking-countries foreign-equivalents generic-term primary-significance registration-standard trademark-cancellation trademark-law trademark-protection |
1. Whether a term that is generic in the English-speaking foreign country from which it originated is ineligible for trademark protection in the Unite… |
| 20-1589 |
Kris Kaszuba, dba Hollywood Group v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2021-05-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
15-usc-1064 administrative-law appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-circuit judicial-review lexmark principal-officers standing trademark trademark-law |
1. Has the Federal Circuit erred in refusing to follow this Court's Lexmark precedent, and in not applying precedent to standing under 15 U.S.C. § 106… |
| 20-1309 |
Corcamore, LLC v. SFM, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-19 |
Denied |
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administrative-law civil-procedure due-process lanham-act lexmark-test standing statutory-interpretation trademark-law trademark-trial-and-appeal-board |
1st Question.
Whether this Court's Lexmark test is the sole
determinant of the statutory power of the Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board to adjudicat… |
| 19-1232 |
Todd C. Bank v. Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant & Butik, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-04-20 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights disparagement first-amendment lanham-act matal-v-tam standing trademark trademark-law trademark-registration |
1. In Matal v. Tam , 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017), this Court
held that the disparagement clause of Section 2(a) of
the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), whi… |
| 19-493 |
James J. Maksimuk v. Connor Sport Court International, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
cafc corporate-representation court-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause legal-counsel legal-representation overturning-decisions supreme-court-rulings trademark-cancellation trademark-law |
1. Did the CAFC, District Court, 10th Cir., TTAB Orders and Judgments and referenced Supreme Court rulings —that required corporations to be represent… |
| 19-53 |
Branded LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
descriptive-marks federal-circuit generic-marks lanham-act principal-register trademark-descriptive trademark-descriptiveness trademark-distinctiveness trademark-generic trademark-genericness trademark-infringement trademark-law trademark-protection trademark-registration trademark-trial-and-appeal-board |
I.
Whether
the
Federal
Circuit
test
impermissibly categorizes "descriptive" marks
as unprotectable "generic" marks, on the basis
of the mark describin… |
| 19-48 |
B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
|
bose disgorgement federal-circuit fraud fraud-standard lanham-act lanham-act-fraud patent rule-59-motion standard-of-review therasense trademark trademark-law uspto willfulness |
Under Section 14(3) of the Lanham Act an allegation of fraud on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can arise in multiple contexts. A fraudul… |
| 19-46 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure generic-term generic-terms intellectual-property lanham-act online-business top-level-domain trademark trademark-law trademark-protection trademark-registration uspto |
Whether the addition by an online business of a generic top-level domain (".com") to an otherwise generic term can create a protectable trademark. |
| 18-1159 |
The Universal Church, Inc. v. Calvin Toellner, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
archaic-religious-texts circuit-split civil-rights contemporary-public-perception free-speech generic-marks generic-term legal-standard public-perception religious-freedom religious-organizations standing technical-theological-usages theological-usages trademark trademark-law trademark-protection |
Religious organizations frequently confront claims that their names are generic and ineligible for trademark protection. Courts are divided over such … |
| 18-1037 |
Zheng Cai v. Diamond Hong, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
|
administrative-review cafc cultural-symbols foreign-cultural-symbol foreign-language foreign-language-marks judicial-interpretation language-expertise standing trademark trademark-examination trademark-law ttab |
Facing disputed marks with words in or originated in foreign language and foreign cultural symbol, judges should first get to know the true meaning of… |