Intra-Third-Party Squabble Results in Sixth Circuit Opinion Applying Lanham Act to Political Marks
By Jonathan Phillips
Intellectual Property,
December 2024
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently tackled a dispute whether a breakaway faction of Michigan's Libertarian Party could use the Libertarian National Committee's trademark and present themselves as the official Michigan affiliate. The court upheld a preliminary injunction barring it, generally, but allowed the breakaway to continue soliciting donations with the mark with its clear disclaimers which prevented consumer confusion.
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