JD Supra

Establishing Priority Through Tacking For One Listed Good or Service Will Not Establish Priority For All Goods and Services in a Trademark Application

In a precedential decision, the Federal Circuit contemplated whether a trademark applicant can establish priority for every good and service in its application by showing priority through tacking for ...
JD Supra

Trademark Tacking – A Question Of Law Or Fact

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, in Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank (Docket No. 13-1211), pertaining to the doctrine of trademark tacking. Tacking allows a ...
The National Law Review

Supreme Court to Take on Trademark Tacking

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World Trademark Review

Federal Circuit ruling against Apple demonstrates limits of trademark tacking

Charles Bertini, US professional jazz musician and owner of the trademark APPLE JAZZ, filed a notice of opposition to Apple’s application to register the mark APPLE MUSIC. As the parties did not ...
The National Law Review

Supreme Court: "Tacking" is For the Jury to Decide

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World Trademark Review

Trademark tacking and what it means for your brands

A US Supreme Court case has put tacking – protecting a later mark by asserting the priority date of an earlier similar mark – centre stage. Yet while the court clarified that tacking is a question of ...