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 ...
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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 ...
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“Tacking a mark for one good or service does not grant priority for every other good or service in the trademark application…. A trademark owner must show tacking is available for each good or service ...
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 second of the Court’s trademark cases this week was Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank. The case considers the ability of a trademark user to “tack” the priority of an early mark onto the priority ...