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United States of America: Court decision that relaxes the strict application of trademark law with respect to geographic references

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In its March 2, 2016 decision in the case of JBLU, Inc. v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that the term 'trademark,' as used in Customs regulations, include...

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Intervention Details

Intervention Type

Import-related non-tariff measure, nes

MAST Chapter

Instrument unclear

Implementation date

02 Mar 2016

Revocation date

No revocation date

Implementation level

National

Affected flow

Inward

Announced as temporary

No

Eligible firms

all

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