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Game Plan, Inc. v. Uninterrupted IP, LLC
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2024-1407 · judgment December 10, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in holding that common law trademark rights are superior to and can displace a federally registered trademark; and
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Whether the acquisition of common law trademark rights after the commencement of a inter partes proceeding is an appropriate mechanism, which can defeat a federally registered trademark for a cancellation proceeding.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ryan Laurence Jones
Ryan L. Jones Law LLC
For respondent
Misha Tseytlin
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, June 22, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 22 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- May 22 2026Waiver of right of respondent Uninterrupted IP, LLC to respond filed.
- Apr 24 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2026)