Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Eleventh Circuit -- Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta v. The Florida Friory of the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, the Ecumenical Order

No fraud on the PTO, given the subjective good faith of the signer.

Visual similarity of marks cannot be the only criterion in Langham Act confusion of marks claim.

Harmless error in allowing lay witness to testify as to historical matters.

Trial court shouldn't have looked things up on the internet.

(Bonus: citation to the Henrican Act of Supremacy)

Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta v. The Florida Friory of the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, the Ecumenical Order

Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.