2nd Circuit Vacates, Remands Standing Holding In Lanham Act Dispute

(January 6, 2016, 12:17 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A U.S. court cannot invalidate an action of a foreign sovereign with regard to a transfer of rights on grounds that the transfer would be invalid under the law of the foreign sovereign, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 5, vacating a New York federal judge’s dismissal of Lanham Act claims for lack of standing (Fed. Treasury Enterprise Sojuzplodoimport v. Spirits International B.V. f/k/a Spirits International N.V., et al., Nos. 14-4721, 15-152, 2nd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 40)....

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