Intellectual Property Law
New Matter VOLUME 51, EDITION 1, SPRING 2026
Content
- False Marking:Crocs, Inc. v. "Dawgs"
- 2026 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- 2026 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- A MULTIPLICITY OF COPYRIGHTS? Vetter v. Resnik and the Nature of Cross-Border Copyright
- A MULTIPLICITY OF COPYRIGHTS? Vetter v. Resnik and the Nature of Cross-Border Copyright
- A View from the Continent
- A View from the Continent
- Contents
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- Copy That
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- Copyright Roundup
- Copyright Roundup
- False Marking:Crocs, Inc. v. "Dawgs"
- Federal Circuit Report
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- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Executive Committee 2025-2026
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Executive Committee 2025-2026
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Interest Group Representatives 2025-2026
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Interest Group Representatives 2025-2026
- INTERNATIONAL IP PROTECTION IN THE MARGINS' How Treaty Exclusion and Sanctions Create Parallel Systems of Intellectual Property Enforcement
- INTERNATIONAL IP PROTECTION IN THE MARGINS' How Treaty Exclusion and Sanctions Create Parallel Systems of Intellectual Property Enforcement
- Letter from the Chair
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- MCLE Self-Study Article
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- Ninth Circuit Report
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- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
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- OUTSOURCING PATENT WORK INTERNATIONALLY Export Control Compliance Guide
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- Quarterly International IP Law Update
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- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
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- The Licensing Corner
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- Trade Secrets
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- TTAB Decisions and Developments
- TTAB Decisions and Developments
False Marking:Crocs, Inc. v. "Dawgs"
D. BENJAMIN BORSON
Borson Law Group P.C.
CROCS, INC. V. EFFERVESCENT, INC. AND HOLEY SOLES HOLDINGS, LTD, DOUBLE DIAMOND DISTRIBUTION, LTD., U.S.A. DAWGS, INC., MOJAVE DESERT HOLDINGS, LLC (COLLECTIVELY "DAWGS"), SLIP OP. 2022-2160, 3 OCTOBER 2024
Introduction
THIS CASE DEALS WITH THE IMPACT of falsely marking products as "patented" under the Lanham Act Section 43(a), where no valid patent exists. The goods in this dispute are shoes made from foam-based materials. The case was heard by Judges Reyna, Cunningham, and Albright, sitting by designation. Judge Reyna penned the decision.