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The morning read for Monday, March 20
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court weighs Navajo Nation water rights dispute ( Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Video Testimon
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Mar 21, 2023
Dog toy poking fun at Jack Daniel’s leads to dispute over parody exception to trademark protections
It is fair to expect Wednesday’s arguments in Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products to be heated, as the justices consider the possibility that protection for parodies requires an exception to traditional trademark protections. The case involves
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Mar 21, 2023
Justices to consider international reach of U.S. trademark law
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether federal trademark law applies to trademark infringement that takes place outside the United States. In Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. the justices will have to apply a modern two-st
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Mar 21, 2023
Justices throw out lower-court ruling allowing state court clerk to be sued in parental notification abortion case
In a short procedural order, the Supreme Court on Monday morning threw out a lower-court ruling allowing a state court clerk to be sued for telling a pregnant teenager that her parents must be notified of their child’s desire to seek an abortion without t
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Mar 21, 2023