Victoria Doyle

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Victoria Doyle focuses her practice on managing domestic and international trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 companies. She assists clients in conducting clearance of potential new marks, prosecuting trademark applications, preparing reports on potential oppositions against third-party trademarks, and evaluating potential infringements, including working with private investigators on gathering infringing material. She also has litigation experience, representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in federal courts around the country in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.

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Not Funny! Unanimous SCOTUS in Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Holds That Parody Does Not Implicate First Amendment Concerns, But Only Implicates Likelihood of Confusion

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously decided the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC in favor of Jack Daniel’s, and against the dog toy manufacturer and serial parodist VIP Products. 599 U. S. ____ (2023) (hereinafter “Slip Op.”). The Court made plain that using a senior user’s … Continue Reading

Does Transformative Matter? No, At Least Where Use Is Commercial

Art. Money. Copyright. Fair use. Andy Warhol. And Prince, the Purple One. (Or in this case, Orange.) These were the hot topics in the recently decided Supreme Court case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et al., 598 U.S.  ____ (2023) (Citations are to the Slip Opinion (“Slip Op.”)). Money … Continue Reading

Does Anyone Here Have A Sense Of Humor, Redux: Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Oral Argument

On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. As we previously blogged, the issues presented in the care are: 1. Whether humorous use of another’s trademark as one’s own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act’s … Continue Reading
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