Top 10 Trademark Cases for the month of March 2010

1. Mac's Shell Serv. v. Shell Oil Prods. Co. LLC, No. 08-240, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 130 S. Ct. 1251; 176 L. Ed. 2d 36; 2010 U.S. LEXIS 2203; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 147, January 19, 2010, Argued, March 2, 2010, Decided,  The LEXIS pagination of this document is subject to change pending release of the final published version.

CORE TERMS:  franchisee, franchisor, franchise, dealer, nonrenewal, termination, franchise relationship, constructive termination, franchise agreement, renewal ...

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2. LeBlanc v. Unifund CCR Partners, No. 08-16031, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6501; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 647, March 30, 2010, Decided, March 30, 2010, Filed

CORE TERMS:  consumer, collector, collection, consumer debt, least-sophisticated, registration, unfair, summary judgment, collection agencies, unconscionable ...

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3. United States v. Yeung, No. 07-3400, No. 07-3478, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6412, March 12, 2010, Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a), March 29, 2010, Filed,  NOT PRECEDENTIAL OPINION UNDER THIRD CIRCUIT INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURE RULE 5.7. SUCH OPINIONS ARE NOT REGARDED AS PRECEDENTS WHICH BIND THE COURT. PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.

CORE TERMS:  cigarettes, enhancement, supervisor, manager, counterfeit, guidelines, sentence, trademarks, shipment, buyer ...

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4. Al's Serv. Ctr. v. BP Prods. N. Am., Inc, No. 09-3006, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, 599 F.3d 720; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6270, February 9, 2010, Argued, March 26, 2010, Decided

CORE TERMS:  franchise, franchise relationship, termination, condemnation, Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, gas station, franchisor's, interruption, injunction, state-law ...

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5. Snowizard Holdings v. S. Snow Mfg., Inc., 2010-1253, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 7945, March 26, 2010, Decided, March 26, 2010, Filed,  THIS DECISION WAS ISSUED AS UNPUBLISHED OR NONPRECEDENTIAL AND MAY NOT BE CITED AS PRECEDENT. PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.

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6. Nagler v. Garcia, No. 09-1471, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT,  10a0195n.06;, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6295; 2010 FED App. 0195N (6th Cir.), March 25, 2010, Filed,  NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION. SIXTH CIRCUIT RULE 28(g) LIMITS CITATION TO SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. PLEASE SEE RULE 28(g) BEFORE CITING IN A PROCEEDING IN A COURT IN THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. IF CITED, A COPY MUST BE SERVED ON OTHER PARTIES AND THE COURT. THIS NOTICE IS TO BE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IF THIS DECISION IS REPRODUCED.

CORE TERMS:  summary judgment, trade secrets, confidentiality agreement, trademark, confidential, amend, negotiations, package, doctor, trademark infringement ...

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7. United States v. Brown, No. 07-2287, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, 598 F.3d 1013; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6174, January 15, 2009, Submitted, March 25, 2010, Filed

CORE TERMS:  controlled substance, simulated, felony, drug offense, narcotic drugs, delivery, cocaine, sentence, prior conviction, counterfeit ...

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8. Riley v. Dozier Internet Law, PC, No. 09-1044, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6081, January 27, 2010, Argued, March 24, 2010, Decided,  PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.

CORE TERMS:  declaratory judgment, abstention, trademark, Lanham Act, federal question, abstain, removal, trademark infringement, matter jurisdiction, federal law ...

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9. Hilton v. Hallmark Cards, No. 08-55443, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6104, May 6, 2009, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California, March 23, 2010, Amended

CORE TERMS:  card, public interest, transformative, publicity, public issue, internal quotation marks omitted, celebrity's, inextricably intertwined', misappropriation, furtherance ...

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10. Pinnacle Pizza Co. v. Little Caesar Enters., No. 08-3999, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, 598 F.3d 970; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 5801, October 22, 2009, Submitted, March 22, 2010, Decided

CORE TERMS:  franchise agreement, trademark, franchisee, summary judgment, breach of contract, statutes of limitations, advertising, franchise, limitations period, bad faith ...

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