Federal Circuit Reverses Cancellation of Bose’s ‘Wave’ Trademark

September 20, 2009

“The Federal Circuit ruling applies the correct standard to trademark fraud cases,’ said Susan Hightower, a senior associate at Austin, Texas-based trademark and copyright boutique Pirkey Barber, who argued for amicus curiae the American Intellectual Property Law Association. ‘There’s been a lot of fear that a simple mistake could lead to a finding of fraud and a cancellation of a trademark registration,’ Hightower said.”