IP at the Supreme Court Series:听Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
March 21听| 5:00 - 6:00pm EDT | Hybrid | NT01 | Reception to Follow
Moderated by听Professor Christine Haight Farley
17吃瓜在线 Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.听
ISSUE
Issues:听Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit erred in applying the Lanham Act, which provides civil remedies for infringement of U.S. trademarks, extraterritorially to Abitron Austria GmbH's foreign sales, including purely foreign sales that never reached the United States or confused U.S. consumers.
PANELISTS
Lucas M. Walker
MoloLamken LLP
Counsel for Petitioners
Matthew S. Hellman
Jenner & Block LLP
Counsel for Respondent
Theodore H.听Davis Jr.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Amicus Brief for the IPO in Support of Neither Party
Prof. Tim Holbrook
Emory University School of Law
Amicus Brief for IP Law Professors in Support of Neither Party
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