Abitron Austria GMBH v. Hetronic Int'l (600 U.S. 412)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 29, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 600 U.S. 412 · 143 S. Ct. 2522
- Decided
- June 29, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 600 U. S. Part 1 Pages 412–446 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 29, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. 412 OCTOBER TERM, 2022 Syllabus ABITRON AUSTRIA GmbH et al. v. HETRONIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit No. 21–1043. Argued March 21, 2023—Decided June 29, 2023 This case requires the Court to decide the foreign reach of 15 U. S. C. § 1114 (1)(a) and § 1125(a)(1), two provisions of the Lanham Act that pro- hibit trademark infringement. The case concerns a trademark dispute between Hetronic (a U. S. company) and six foreign parties (collectively Abitron). Hetronic manufactures remote controls for construction equipment. Abitron, once a licensed distributor for Hetronic, claimed ownership of the rights to much of Hetronic's intellectual property and began employing Hetronic's marks on products it sold. Hetronic sued Abitron in the Western District of Oklahoma for trade- mark violations under two related provisions of the Lanham Act, both of which prohibit the…
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