Divided Panel:  Interest, Belief Of Damage Enough To Seek Cancellation

Mealey's (July 30, 2020, 1:28 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel majority of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 27 reversed and remanded a determination by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that because a petitioner for trademark cancellation lacks a proprietary interest in an asserted unregistered mark, it lacks standing (Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty. Ltd. v. Naked TM LLC, No. 19-1567, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23523)....