James H. Johnson, Jr.

Federal Circuit Rejects Medinol Fraud Standard
Daniel J. Warren, James H. Johnson, David E. Weslow, Jason M. Prine, September 4, 2009
On August 31, 2009, in In re Bose Corp., No. 2008-1448 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 31, 2009), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected the standard of fraud applied by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB, or Board) since its 2003 Medinol decision. Bose appealed the decision of the TTAB...

TTAB Continues to Ease Medinol Fraud Standard
Daniel J. Warren, James H. Johnson, Jason M. Prine, David E. Weslow, June 25, 2009
On May 13, 2009, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB, or the Board) took the unusual step of re-classifying a non-precedential opinion as precedential in Zanella Ltd. v. Nordstrom, Inc., Opposition No. 91177858 (TTAB Oct. 23, 2008).

World Intellectual Property Organization Announces 2008 Was a Record Year for Cybersquatting Cases
Ann G. Fort, James H. Johnson, David E. Weslow, Jason M. Prine, April 8, 2009
On March 16, 2009, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that a record number of domain name dispute complaints were filed with WIPO in 2008. The 2,329 complaints filed in 2008 represent an 8% increase over the number of cases filed in 2007.