U.S. Supreme Court adopts rule protecting a trademark licensee’s ability to use a trademark after a bankrupt licensor’s rejection of the license

This past May, in a highly-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court held in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC that a debtor’s rejection of an executory contract under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code has the same effect as a breach of contract outside of bankruptcy.

Filed under:
USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trademarks, Mintz, Debtor, Supreme Court of the United States
Authors:
Susan Neuberger Weller , Alexander G. Roan , Timothy J. McKeon
Location:
USA
Firm:
Mintz