Panel Majority: Applications Cancelable In Cases That Include Registered Marks

(April 3, 2024, 12:04 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a pair of rulings issued the same day, a divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reinstated an infringement action and found that federal courts have jurisdiction to consider challenges to applications for trademarks as long as infringement of at least one registered trademark is also alleged....