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Trademark Licensee May Continue Using Trademark Following Debtor’s Rejection of License Agreement, US Supreme Court Rules

Yesterday, in an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court held in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v.

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Protecting trademark licensee’s right to continued use of trademark when licensor declares bankruptcy

In the case of In re: Exide Technologies, decided on June 1, 2010, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed two lower court decisions and held that a 1991 agreement between Exide Technologies and EnerSys Delaware Inc., which included a license to EnerSys for use of the “EXIDE” trademark, is not an executory contract that can be rejected by Exide in bankruptcy proceedings.

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