Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

Papasan v. Allain

Holding that Ex parte Young would not support a suit against a state for ongoing liability for an alleged past breach of trust, since "continuing payment of the income from the lost corpus is essentially equivalent in economic terms to a one-time restoration of the lost corpus itself"

Walker v. Prince George's County

Finding that a plaintiff is obliged to identify a policy or custom that caused injury

Lamparello v. Falwell

Holding that the "critical element" is "use of another firm's mark to capture the markholder's customers and profits" and quoting Checkpoint with approval

State of Idaho Potato v. G T Terminal Pack

Holding that Mendoza applies in a suit against a state agency

Vuitton Malletier v. Haute Diggity

Holding "Chewy Vuiton" dog toys not to infringe on the venerable handbag maker's trademark

Renaissance v. Dollar

Finding $360,000 of advertising expenditures per year and $12 million in profit unconvincing

Gioconda Law Group PLLC v. Kenzie

Noting that the "clearest case for a finding of bad faith intent to profit typically arises when a defendant 'register a domain name of an established entity in bad faith' and then 'offer to sell the domain name to the entity at an exorbitant price'"

Larsen v. Terk Technologies Corp.

Holding that the district court correctly found that a presumption of secondary meaning arose when "evidence at trial clearly showed that [defendant] intentionally copied [plaintiff's marks]"

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Section 1125 - False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden

Holding "the person who asserts trade dress protection has the burden of proving that the matter sought to be protected is not functional"

Section 1114 - Remedies; infringement; innocent infringement by printers and publishers

Holding liable "Any person who shall, without the consent of the registrant — use in commerce any reproduction . . . of a registered mark . . . in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion."

Section 1117 - Recovery for violation of rights

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

Section 1127 - Construction and definitions; intent of chapter

Granting standing under § 1114 to the legal representative of the registrant of a trademark

Section 1225 - State laws as affected