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· 2/8/2024

State of Indiana ex rel. Richard M. Allen v. Carroll Circuit Court

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  • \It is axiomatic in trademark law that the standard test of ownership is priority of use.\
  • efforts to sell trademark during several years of nonuse defeat inference of intent to abandon mark
  • “As long as ... the [new] owner intends to use [the mark] in connection with substantially the same business or service, the public is not deceived.”
  • under New York law, “the courts require that the possessor of a trade secret take reasonable measures to protect its secrecy”
  • “As long as the mark has significant remaining value and the owner intends to use it in connection with substantially the same business or service, the public is not deceived”
  • “As long as the mark has significant remaining value and the owner intends to use it in connection with substantially the same business or service, the public is not deceived.”

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