Error: INTERNAL_ERROR for 1c13bd86-aff1-fe84-d66d-4094f525f494: {"response":{"errors":[{"message":"INTERNAL_ERROR for 1c13bd86-aff1-fe84-d66d-4094f525f494","locations":[{"line":74,"column":7}],"path":["youmightlike"],"extensions":{"classification":"INTERNAL_ERROR"}}],"data":{"articleData":{"uri":"/2019/08/01/supreme-court-rules-rejection-of-trademark-license-does-not-rescind-rights-of-licensee/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.lawjournalnewsletters.com/2019/08/01/supreme-court-rules-rejection-of-trademark-license-does-not-rescind-rights-of-licensee/","generatedId":"glf45fmell","naturalId":"blogAndPostId/blog/post/382-29188","type":"ARTICLE","postFormat":null,"kickerPresentedBy":null,"presentedBy":"","title":"Supreme Court Rules Rejection of Trademark License Does Not Rescind Rights of Licensee","readtime":"18","timeToRead":"18 minute","prettyModified":null,"prettyDateTime":"August 01, 2019 at 12:07 AM","needToKnow":[],"byline":"Mark Page","authors":[{"name":"Mark Page","description":"","imageLarge":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f16d6fc2845f417ea0e93a3f2b6cd37d?s=136&d=mm&r=g","webUrl":"/author/profile/mark-page/"}],"publication":"Law Journal Newsletters","kicker":"Features","kickerNode":[{"name":"Features","slug":"features-kicker","uri":"/features/","sectionName":"Features"}],"prettyDate":"August 01, 2019","pubDate":"2019-08-01 00:07:44.000","modifiedDate":"","isDownload":"false","primaryCategory":{"channelName":"","sectionName":"","name":"","uri":"","slug":"","channelUri":""},"tags":[],"image":{"uri":"https://images.lawjournalnewsletters.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/382/2017/11/us_sup_ct2.jpg","width":"616","height":"372"},"embed1":"","embed2":"","summary":"Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC\nThe question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license \"terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law.\"","categories":[{"name":"Features","uri":"/features/","channelName":"Kicker"},{"name":"The Bankruptcy Strategist","uri":"/ljn-newsletters/the-bankruptcy-strategist/","channelName":"LJN Newsletters"},{"name":"Bankruptcy","uri":"/bankruptcy/","channelName":"Topics"},{"name":"Litigation","uri":"/litigation/","channelName":"Topics"},{"name":"Trademarks","uri":"/trademarks/","channelName":"Topics"},{"name":"United States Supreme Court","uri":"/united-states-supreme-court/","channelName":"Topics"}],"bodyArray":["

In Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 1652 (2019), the Supreme Court undertakes to resolve a circuit split between the First and Seventh Circuits over the effect of rejection in bankruptcy of a trademark license under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license \"terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law.\" (Pet. for Cert. i.) Those rights include the right to continue to use the trademarks for the term of the rejected agreement.

","

Refusing to treat a trademark license agreement any differently from any other executory contract, the Court applies general executory contract principles to resolve the question. It broadly concludes \"rejection breaches a contract but does not rescind it. And that means all the rights that would ordinarily survive a contract breach, including those conveyed here, remain in place.\" Id. at 1657. Accordingly, the Court holds rejection does not rescind rights the contract previously granted and so cannot revoke the trademark license granted the nondebtor licensee. Id. at 1666.

"],"altLangHeadline":"","altLangBodyArray":[],"slides":[]},"youmightlike":null,"readnext":{"contents":[{"uri":"/2016/08/01/the-article-8-opt-in-2/","title":"The Article 8 Opt In","prettyDate":"","summary":"The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.","description":"The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.","kicker":"","image":{"uri":"https://feature.law.com/environments/stage/static/default-article-image.png","width":"0","height":"0"},"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""},"publication":"Law Journal Newsletters"},{"uri":"/2013/02/28/major-differences-in-uk-u-s-copyright-laws/","title":"Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws","prettyDate":"","summary":"This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.","description":"This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.","kicker":"","image":{"uri":"https://feature.law.com/environments/stage/static/default-article-image.png","width":"","height":""},"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""},"publication":"Law Journal Newsletters"},{"uri":"/2019/10/01/legal-possession-what-does-it-mean/","title":"Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?","prettyDate":"","summary":"Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not \"possession,\" possession is \"the fact of having or holding property in one's power.\" That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.","description":"Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not \"possession,\" possession is \"the fact of having or holding property in one's power.\" That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.","kicker":"Features","image":{"uri":"https://images.lawjournalnewsletters.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/382/2019/09/house_key.jpg","width":"616","height":"372"},"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""},"publication":"Law Journal Newsletters"},{"uri":"/2024/08/01/warehouse-liability-know-before-you-stow/","title":"Warehouse Liability: Know Before You Stow!","prettyDate":"August 01, 2024","summary":"As consumers continue to shift purchasing and consumption habits in the aftermath of the pandemic, manufacturers are increasingly reliant on third-party logistics and warehousing to ensure their products timely reach the market.","description":"As consumers continue to shift purchasing and consumption habits in the aftermath of the pandemic, manufacturers are increasingly reliant on third-party logistics and warehousing to ensure their products timely reach the market.","kicker":"Features","image":{"uri":"https://images.lawjournalnewsletters.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/382/2024/07/warehouse2.jpg","width":"620","height":"372"},"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""},"publication":"Law Journal Newsletters"},{"uri":"/2021/08/01/strategy-vs-tactics-two-sides-of-a-difficult-coin/","title":"Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin","prettyDate":"August 01, 2021","summary":"With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.","description":"With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.","kicker":"Features","image":{"uri":"https://images.lawjournalnewsletters.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/382/2021/07/strategy4.jpg","width":"616","height":"372"},"primaryCategory":{"name":"","uri":"","channelName":"","channelUri":""},"publication":"Law Journal Newsletters"}]}},"extensions":{"DateTime":"2025-06-14T11:54:09.829674398","ResponseTime":"?","AuthorizedUser":false,"AlmContext":"AlmContext{clientIP='10.0.253.240', internalIP='true', origin='', authorizedUser='false', Chinchilla, userAccount='null', UCID=null, ipAccount='null'}","NavServiceResponse":{"message":"Show a wall","action":"show wall","data":"PayWallExcludedClient","placResultsPublic":{"overallContentType":"ExcludedContent","userState":"DENYNOSUB","showWall":"PayWallExcludedClient","userAccess":"0","referrer":"","userAccessCookie":null,"productList":"","contentMetaData":"

ARTICLE/2019/08/01/supreme-court-rules-rejection-of-trademark-license-does-not-rescind-rights-of-licensee/Law Journal Newsletters2019-08-01 00:07:44

Law Journal Newsletters

Features

The Bankruptcy Strategist

Bankruptcy

Litigation

Trademarks

United States Supreme Court

","numberOfViewsLeft":0,"numberOfFCFViewsLeft":0,"decisionEngine":"RidgeRunner","rulesFiredString":"[]","contentProductCodes":"[\"//ljnba\",\"ljnba\"]"}},"DebuggingData":null,"UsedCache":"true","DataUrl":"http://ml.alm.com:9016/bff-services/content/get-you-may-like-for-content.xqy?naturalId=/2019/08/01/supreme-court-rules-rejection-of-trademark-license-does-not-rescind-rights-of-licensee&site=www.lawjournalnewsletters.com&total="},"status":200,"headers":{}},"request":{"query":"query LawJournalNewsletterscom__Article{articleData:\n getContent(naturalId: \"/2019/08/01/supreme-court-rules-rejection-of-trademark-license-does-not-rescind-rights-of-licensee\", site:\"lawjournalnewsletters.com\") {\n uri\n canonicalUrl\n generatedId\n naturalId\n type\n postFormat\n kickerPresentedBy {\n \t\t label\n \t\t value\n \t\t}\n presentedBy\n title\n readtime\n timeToRead\n prettyModified\n prettyDateTime\n needToKnow\n byline\n authors {\n name\n description\n imageLarge\n webUrl\n }\n publication\n kicker\n kickerNode {\n name\n slug\n uri\n sectionName\n }\n prettyDate\n prettyDateTime\n pubDate\n modifiedDate\n isDownload\n primaryCategory {\n channelName\n sectionName\n name\n uri\n slug\n channelUri\n }\n tags\n image {\n uri\n width\n height\n }\n embed1\n embed2\n summary\n categories {\n name\n uri\n channelName\n }\n bodyArray\n altLangHeadline\n altLangBodyArray\n slides {\n image\n caption\n height\n width\n }\n\n\n }\n youmightlike:\n getYouMayLikeForContent(naturalId: \"/2019/08/01/supreme-court-rules-rejection-of-trademark-license-does-not-rescind-rights-of-licensee\", site:\"lawjournalnewsletters.com\") {\n uri\n title\n byline\n authors {\n name\n description\n imageLarge\n webUrl\n jobTitle\n }\n prettyDate\n readtime\n image {\n uri\n width\n height\n }\n summary\n }\n readnext:\n getStatsList(site:\"lawjournalnewsletters.com\", topic: \"\", limit: 5, timeframe: \"30days\" ) {\n contents {\n uri\n title\n prettyDate\n summary\n description\n kicker\n image {\n uri\n width\n height\n }\n primaryCategory {\n name\n uri\n channelName\n channelUri\n }\n publication\n }\n\n }\n }"}}

Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%