Last month, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a New York judge’s decision to dismiss federal copyright and state tort law claims alleged against the hip-hop icon, Jay Z, and his affiliated companies. Mahan v. ROC Nation, LLC, et al., No. 15-1238-cv, 2016 U.S. App. Lexis 3182 (2d. Cir. Feb. 24, 2016). The Second Circuit also directed the district court to calculate an award of attorneys’ fees and costs to award to the defendants for litigating what the court called a “baseless” appeal, adding to the more than $253,000 the lower court already awarded to the defendants.
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B&B Hardware v. Hargis – U.S. Supreme Court Declares TTAB Findings Can Have Preclusive Effect on Subsequent Federal Court Decisions
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its second decision in substantive trademark law in nearly a decade. B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Indus., Inc., No. 13-352, slip op., 575 U.S. __ (2015). Sheppard Mullin argued on behalf of the prevailing respondent in the first case, Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank, decided earlier this year.
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