Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 22, 2021
Divided circuit panel vacates Dropbox trademark win
Ironhawk, which has sold computer software called “SmartSync” since 2007, sued Dropbox after the cloud software company offered a feature a decade later by essentially the same name, “Smart Sync.”
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal panel has vacated a trial judge's defense ruling in favor of Dropbox Inc. in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by defense contractor Ironhawk Technologies Inc.
U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson of the Central District of California ruled for Dropbox on summary judgment, but the appellate panel majority concluded a ju...
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