| 25-736 |
World Champ Tech, LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
circuit-split factor-test lanham-act likely-confusion summary-judgment trademark-infringement |
The Lanham Act prohibits use of a trademark when such use is "likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive." 15 U.S.C, §1114(1)(a); s… |
| 25-18 |
Cirrus Design Corporation v. Great Western Air, LLC, dba Cirrus Aviation Services, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
circuit-split jury-trial lanham-act monetary-relief seventh-amendment trademark-infringement |
Whether, as this Court held in Dairy Queen, the Seventh Amendment jury-trial right applies in trademark-infringement actions seeking monetary relief i… |
| 24-953 |
Lerner and Rowe PC, an Arizona Corporation v. Brown Engstrand & Shely LLC, dba Accident Law Group, an Arizona Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-05 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split consumer-confusion intellectual-property lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion trademark-infringement |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of likelihood of consumer confusion factors in trademark infringement actions conflicts with other Circuit Courts… |
| 24-637 |
T-Mobile US, Inc., fka T-Mobile USA, Inc., et al. v. Simply Wireless Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
common-law-mark continuous-use lanham-act section-1127 trademark-infringement trademark-rights |
Whether the 'use' that creates a common law trademark right under Section 45 of the Lanham Act must be continuous to maintain trademark rights |
| 23-757 |
Relish Labs LLC, et al. v. Grubhub Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review clear-error de-novo de-novo-review likelihood-of-confusion multifactor-test standard-of-review trademark-infringement |
Whether the determination of a likelihood of confusion for trademark infringement is a factual finding, reviewable for clear error, or a legal conclus… |
| 23-752 |
Y.Y.G.M. SA, dba Brandy Melville v. Redbubble, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-consequences circuit-split contributory-liability contributory-trademark-infringement intellectual-property knowledge-standard legal-standard reasonable-steps specific-infringement trademark-infringement trademark-law |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant may be held liable for contributory trademark infringement only if it knows or has reason … |
| 23-681 |
Diamond J. Wholesale, LLC, dba Gabsons Novelties v. Top Tobacco, L.P., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure corporate-liability individual-liability knowing-violation lanham-act mark-misuse statutory-interpretation threshold-of-significance trademark-infringement |
When does individual liability attach for corporate employees under the Lanham Act? |
| 23A517 |
Dewberry Group, Inc., f/k/a Dewberry Capital Corporation, a Georgia Corporation v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., a New York Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
corporate-separateness equity-principles lanham-act profit-disgorgement trademark-infringement trademark-law |
Whether a court may order a defendant to disgorge profits from non-party affiliated entities in a Lanham Act trademark infringement case without pierc… |
| 23-228 |
Paule McKenna v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al. |
California |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
advertising brand-logos celebrity-persona celebrity-rights commercial-speech commercial-use lanham-act motion-picture trademark-infringement |
Does the Lanham Act prohibit the unauthorized use of a celebrity's persona in advertising third party brands with logos in a commercial motion picture… |
| 23-67 |
Springboards to Education, Inc. v. McAllen Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-v-liberty-lobby circuit-split consumer-confusion consumer-definition fact-intensive-inquiry legal-standard likelihood-of-confusion matsushita-v-zenith summary-judgment trademark-infringement |
Whether the case met the standard to dismiss on summary judgment |
| 23A46 |
Paule McKenna v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al. |
California |
2023-07-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
anti-SLAPP commercial-speech first-amendment lanham-act right-of-publicity trademark-infringement |
Whether the First Amendment protects the use of a person's likeness in a commercial film from liability under the Lanham Act and state right of public… |
| 23-15 |
Springboards to Education, Inc. v. IDEA Public Schools |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure consumer-confusion legal-standard legal-standards summary-judgment trademark-infringement |
Whether the legal reasoning used to evaluate the trademark-infringement issue was subjective, incomplete, and failed to address the record and the leg… |
| 22-7013 |
Carl Puckett, et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction intellectual-property legal-standing pro-se-petition property-dispute standing trademark-infringement |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the Pucketts' trademark infringement claims against Ain Jeem, Inc. |
| 22-347 |
Diece-Lisa Industries, Inc. v. Disney Store USA, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
expressive-work first-amendment intellectual-property likelihood-of-confusion reverse-confusion trademark-infringement trademark-law |
Does the First Amendment provide an infringer blanket immunity for trademark infringement across all categories of goods so long as they can claim the… |
| 22-316 |
Lodestar Anstalt v. Bacardi & Company Limited, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
consumer-confusion lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion section-45 trademark-enforcement trademark-infringement unfair-competition use-in-commerce |
Whether a plaintiff in a trademark enforcement action must prove that each use of its mark meets Section 45 of the Lanham Act's 'use in commerce' defi… |
| 22-148 |
Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (30) |
brand-recognition commercial-speech commercial-use dilution-by-tarnishment first-amendment lanham-act noncommercial-use trademark-infringement |
Whether humorous use of another's trademark as one's own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act's traditional analysis, or instead recei… |
| 21-1264 |
Larry Klayman v. Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-03-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split consumer-confusion hearsay-evidence lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion non-disparagement precedent trademark-infringement trademark-law |
Did the US. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit err by failing to apply the 'appreciable number of consumers' standard to the 'likel… |
| 21-1043 |
Abitron Austria GmbH, et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (14)Relisted (3) |
civil-procedure extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality foreign-sales lanham-act territorial-rights trademark trademark-infringement u.s.-commerce us-commerce |
Whether the court of appeals erred in applying the Lanham Act extraterritorially to petitioners' foreign sales, including purely foreign sales that ne… |
| 21-212 |
Dires, LLC, dba Personal Touch Beds and Personal Comfort Beds, et al. v. Select Comfort Corporation, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split consumer-confusion initial-interest-confusion internet-trademark-law likelihood-of-confusion online-advertising search-engine-results search-engines trademark-infringement |
Whether courts can impose liability for a likelihood of consumer confusion in a trademark infringement action based on a consumer's initial interest i… |
| 20-1829 |
Deafueh Monbo v. Eric Blair |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
|
bad-faith-filing bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-7-bankruptcy copyright copyright-infringement discharge in-re-green-v-staples trademark trademark-infringement willful-and-malicious |
Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in failing to recognize that Section 523(a)(6) prohibits the Debtor from discharging willful-and-malicious copyrigh… |
| 20-1391 |
Sportswear, Inc., dba Prep Sportswear v. Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split consumer-confusion federal-registration intellectual-property related-goods service-mark trademark-infringement unrelated-goods |
Does the scope of a service mark extend to unrelated goods bearing that service mark? |
| 20-706 |
Stone Creek, Inc. v. Omnia Italian Design, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-20 |
Denied |
|
circuit-court-precedent circuit-split disgorgement disgorgement-of-profits intellectual-property intentional-misconduct judicial-precedent mishawaka-rubber trademark-infringement unjust-enrichment willfulness |
Does the Ninth Circuit's refusal to disgorge profits in this case of intentional infringement involving the identical mark on identical products confl… |
| 20-421 |
Progressive Lawn Managers, Inc. v. Lawn Managers, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
divorce-orders lanham-act mark-abandonment naked-licensing parallel-state-court-proceedings state-court-proceedings trademark-infringement unclean-hands |
Whether a federal court may disregard state-court constructions of divorce orders in a trademark infringement case |
| 20-365 |
Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-18 |
Denied |
Amici (7) |
commercial-speech dilution-by-tarnishment first-amendment humor-defense lanham-act parody trademark-dilution trademark-infringement |
Whether a commercial product using humor is subject to the same analysis under the Lanham Act or must receive heightened First Amendment protection |
| 19-310 |
Kroma Makeup EU, LLC v. Kimberly Kardashian, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split false-association lanham-act lexmark-international lexmark-test reasonable-interest rights-in-the-name standing standing-doctrine trademark-infringement |
Whether the proper analytical framework for determining standing to pursue trademark infringement claims under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act |
| 19-53 |
Branded LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
descriptive-marks federal-circuit generic-marks lanham-act principal-register trademark-descriptive trademark-descriptiveness trademark-distinctiveness trademark-generic trademark-genericness trademark-infringement trademark-law trademark-protection trademark-registration trademark-trial-and-appeal-board |
Whether the Federal Circuit test impermissibly categorizes 'descriptive' marks as unprotectable 'generic' marks, on the basis of the mark describing t… |
| 18-1233 |
Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-03-22 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure intellectual-property lanham-act profits profits-award remedies statutory-interpretation trademark-infringement willful-infringement willfulness |
Whether willful infringement is a prerequisite for an award of an infringer's profits for a violation of the Lanham Act |