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SCOTUS Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Hetronic sued Abitron in the Western District of Oklahoma for trademark violations under two related provisions of the Lanham Act, both of which prohibit the unauthorized use in commerce of protected marks when that use is likely to cause confusion.

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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

SCOTUSBlog

Hendrix turns on the interpretation of the federal habeas statute, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The statute replaced the habeas remedy with the motion to vacate, unless the “remedy by motion is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of [the prisoner’s] detention.”

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