Petition of the day

By Kate Howard
on Sep 27, 2016 at 11:06 pm

The petition of the day is:

Issue: (1) Whether, under section 35 of the Lanham Act, willful infringement is a prerequisite for an award of infringer’s profits for a violation of section 43(a), which prohibits trademark infringement through false representations regarding the origin, endorsement, or association of goods through the use of another’s distinctive mark; and (2) whether and to what extent the defense of laches may bar an award for patent infringement brought within the Patent Act’s six-year statutory limitations period, 35 U.S.C. Section 286—the same issue the court granted for plenary review in SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC.