Injunctive Relief For Trademark In Tarrant
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Keep in mind that all monetary damages allowed for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act are compensatory and not punitive. That means that, no matter how egregious and malicious the infringement is, the damages you're entitled to must be based on actual harm to your business.
The most common remedy for trademark infringement is injunctive relief. Injunctions are court orders commanding that the infringer immediately cease its unlawful activities. Injunctions address future conduct rather than past actions.
The two main defenses are fair use and parody. The fair use defense applies to descriptive trademarks and argues that the trademark was used in good faith for its primary meaning, not the secondary meaning that is protected.
You may file a declaratory judgment lawsuit, asking a court to declare that your mark does not infringe the trademark owner's mark, and/or that the trademark owner's mark is invalid.
The Lanham Act establishes a national system of trademark registration and grants owners of federally registered trademarks the right to pursue civil remedies for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, cybersquatting, and false advertising.
There are four main trademark infringement defenses that may be available for a defendant against a claim of trademark infringement: Doctrine of laches; Estoppel; Unclean hands; and. Fair use doctrine or collateral use doctrine.
Key Patent Infringement Defenses Invalidity based on prior art (anticipation or obviousness) Failure to meet statutory limits (laches) Failure to meet the statutory requirements. A defense of inequitable conduct.
Several options exist to challenge another party's trademark registration or application, depending on the particular circumstances and grounds for challenging: You may challenge a trademark registration issued by the USPTO by filing a petition to cancel the registration with the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB).
All Oppositions are filed through the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, an administrative court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (as modified by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure, also called TBMP.
To obtain a preliminary injunction, the seeking party must generally show that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their case, that they will suffer irreparable harm without the injunction, that the balance of hardships favors them, and that the public interest supports the injunction.
