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?Use in commerce? under trademark law requires sale or transport of goods; mere press releases not enough, says Eighth Circuit

By Jim Singer

IP attorneys recognize that “use in commerce” is an critical aspect of trademark law.  In order to obtain federal trademark registration, 15 U.S.C. 1051 states that the registrant must demonstrate use of the mark in commerce.  In addition, to impose liability for infringement the plaintiff must show that the infringer is using mark in commerce [...]

Full post as published by IP Spotlight on August 02, 2010 (boomark / email).