4th Circuit: Lanham Act Does Not Preclude Judicial Review In Dispute Over Rum Mark

( June 17, 2024, 2:24 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A panel of judges in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that the Lanham Act does not preclude judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), remanding to a Virginia federal judge a rum manufacturer’s claim that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office inappropriately allowed a rival brand to renew a trademark a decade after its expiration....