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Pending Profanity and Bankruptcy Go Together at the Supreme Court - For Trademarks

Event | 02.28.19, 1:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST

Address

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019

The Supreme Court has taken up two trademark cases this term. In the first case, Andrei Iancu v. Erik Brunetti,18-302 (SCOTUS), the Court will review the government ban on Fuct and other "scandalous" trademarks. In the second, Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, Case No. 17-1657, cert. granted (Oct. 26, 2018), the Court will address the effect a trademark owner's bankruptcy on a licensee's right to continue to use a mark licensed before the bankruptcy was filed. This CLE will have oral arguments from both cases presented before a panel of judges.


Partner Anne Li and Associates Michelle Chipetine and Brian McGrath will be participating as panelists.