Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 25, 2023
Turning a blind eye to trademark infringement
Contributory trademark infringement based on willful blindness requires actual knowledge.
Dariush Adli
President
ADLI Law Group
444 S Flower St
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Email: adli@adlilaw.com
Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI
In a recent case of first impression in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, Y.Y.G.M. SA v. Redbubble, Inc., 75 F.4th 995, 1000–1001 (9th Cir. 2023) (Redbubble), the appeal court held that actual knowledge is required for establishing willful blindness as a basis for determining contributory trademark infringement.
By way of background, contributory trademark infringement is implicate...
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