Prof. Cristine Haight Farley quoted in an article about the Abitron v. Hetronic SCOTUS decision
July 17, 2023
Prof. Christina Haight Farley quoted in a Bloomberg Law article about the Abitron v. Hetronic decision in which the Supreme Court held the Lanham Act does not extend to trademark infringement outside of the U.S. and reversed and remanded to the Tenth Circuit. The Lanham Act is a 1946 federal statute that seeks to protect the owner of an already federally registered trademark from the use of similar trademarks likely to cause consumer confusion or trademark dilution.
Prof. Farley noted:
“Sotomayor folded her criticism of Alito’s treatment of Steele “into a larger critique,” IP professor Christine Haigtht Farley of American University said. The concurrence is saying the majority “is going out on a limb, not bound by precedent,” and that “you’re making stuff up now,” Farley said. “It’s not so much about Steele as that larger point.”