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SCOTUS Holds Licensee May Continue Using Trademark After Rejection in Bankruptcy
insights Douglas J. Schneller · June 11, 2019
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the rejection in bankruptcy by a debtor-licensor of an executory trademark license does not terminate the licensee’s right to use the trademark but instead has the same effect as a breach of that contract outside of bankruptcy.[1] Consequently, the licensee may continue to use the trademark…