We have previously reviewed Sixth Circuit decisions to uncover trends in class actions, as well as in employment and Daubert cases. For this post, we generally reviewed the Sixth Circuit’s intellectual property cases from the last two years. We found that most of the cases before the court were copyright and trademark cases, with just … Continue Reading
Out of nearly 5,000 reported opinions in the last five years, no one will be surprised that the Sixth Circuit cited its own cases in all but five opinions. But what other circuits does the Sixth Circuit rely on? From the raw numbers, Sixth Circuit judges cite cases from the Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits … Continue Reading
In the past few weeks, two contentious trademark disputes have been appealed to the Sixth Circuit. In the first, L.F.P.IP. Inc., et al. v. Hustler Cincinnati, Inc., et al., Hustler Cincinnati and Jimmy Flynt, the brother and former business associate of Larry Flynt, appealed the Southern District of Ohio’s entry of a permanent injunction prohibiting … Continue Reading
