TRADEMARK LAW—NINTH CIRCUIT INTERPRETATION SIGNALS RIGHT OF PRIORITY TO FOREIGN APPLICANTS UNDER THE MADRID PROTOCOL— LODESTAR ANSTALT V. BACARDI & CO., 31 F.4TH 1228 (9TH CIR. 2022).

The article discusses the ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit in the case Lodestar Anstalt v. Bacardi & Co. to analyze legal issues like trademark protections under the Lanham Act (Madrid Protocol) and the underlying principle of trademark law over the use of word, slogan, and symbol.