Black v. Lane

Holding that when default judgment is entered, factual allegations are treated as true and a defaulted defendant may no longer challenge them—"[a]s a general rule, a default judgment establishes, as a matter of law, that defendants are liable to plaintiff as to each cause of action alleged in the complaint"

Yurman Design, Inc. v. PAJ, Inc.

Holding that “a plaintiff asserting that a trade dress protects an entire line of different products must articulate the specific common elements sought to be protected,” and that “the artistic combination of cable [jewelry] with other elements” did not sufficiently set forth the trade dress at issue

U.S. v. DiMucci

Recognizing a pattern of discrimination where "defendants refused on occasion to rent to black bona fide apartment seekers, gave black and white testers differing information on the availability of apartments, and treated black testers significantly differently from white testers"

Sara Lee Corp. v. Bags of New York, Inc.

Holding that the trebling provision of 15 U.S.C. § 1117(b) is not automatically applicable to the statutory damages calculation of § 1117(c)

Coach, Inc. v. Goodfellow

Holding flea market operator facilitated infringement by continuing to rent spaces to vendors that he know, or should have known, were engaging in infringing activity

Microsoft Corporation v. McGee

Explaining that the Supreme Court has "consistently rejected invitations to replace traditional equitable considerations with a rule that an injunction automatically follows a determination that a copyright has been infringed"

Re/Max North Central, Inc. v. Cook

Recognizing that the public "has an interest in knowing with whom they do business"

Louis Vuitton S.A. v. Lee

Holding that knowledge under the Lanham Act includes a willful blindness or a failure to investigate because one "was afraid of what the inquiry would yield."

Coach, Inc. v. 3D Designers Inspirations

Finding that the balance of hardships weighed in favor of granting a permanent injunction because the infringing party "never had a legal right to profit from such counterfeiting" in the first place

Coach, Inc. v. Pure MLK Last Stop, Inc.

Rule 55 - Default; Default Judgment

Adopting similar language for acquiring default judgment against the United States

Section 1338 - Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition

Granting exclusive jurisdiction to the district courts "of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, . . . copyrights and trademarks"

Section 1117 - Recovery for violation of rights

Granting district courts significant discretion to award damages for a violation of § 1125

Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification

Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark

Section 1116 - Injunctive relief

Granting district courts the "power to grant injunctions, according to principles of equity . . ., to prevent the violation of any right" of the trademark owner