Identity of issue, and Full and fair opportunity to contest the issue. Important to the attorney defending a malpractice claim, the argument that it is unfair to apply an earlier judgment in a ...

In a recent precedential decision, the TTAB again revisited the doctrines of claim and issue preclusion. Valvoline Licensing & Intellectual Property LLC (“Valvoline”) opposed Sunpoint International ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a summary judgment finding claims invalid, on grounds that the district court erred in applying issue preclusion based on factual findings in an ...

In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, the US Supreme Court found that issue preclusion should apply to rulings by the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board as long as the ordinary ...

Supreme Court issues decision in Lucky Brand Dungarees v Marcel Fashion Group SCOTUS reverses Second Circuit’s dismissal of Lucky Brand’s motion to dismiss Legal experts identify learnings and ...

“Had this case been decided by another circuit… basic principles of issue preclusion would have allowed the PTAB’s decision to block UTC’s induced infringement claim.” – Petitioner Liquidia ...

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In 2015, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in B&B Hardware, Inc v Hargis Industries, Inc which held that a court should give preclusive effect to decisions made by the US Patent and Trademark ...

In Ashe v PNC Financial Services Group Inc, the US District Court for the District of Maryland has found that a prior decision by the TTAB in opposition proceedings involving the mark SPENDOLOGY met ...

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