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

Announcement

02 Mar 2016

In March 2016, the government of the United States of America announced a change in import formalities.

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

02 Mar 2016

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 02 Mar 2016
Import-related non-tariff measure, nes In force
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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