Written By: Jacob Blumert and Andrew J. Koopman In Fair Wind Sailing Inc. v. Virgin Island Sailing School, Nos. 13-3305 & 14-1572 (3d Cir. Sept. 4, 2014), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals effectively revised its standard for determining whether to award attorneys’ fees in trademark cases brought under the Lanham Act. Although it did [...]

Written By: Andrew Koopman & Jacob Blumert In Brownstein v. Lindsay, Nos. 12-2506 &, 12-4471 (3d Cir. Jan. 29, 2014), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals addressed two issues of first impression in the field of copyright law.  First, the Court brought the Third Circuit into alignment with other circuits by adopting an “express repudiation” [...]