Case: Trademarks/Standing (M.D. Fla.)

Sream Inc., a manufacturer of glass and smokers’ products, lacks standing to pursue its trademark and injunctive relief claims under the Lanham Act against RooR International BV. Only a trademark registrant — or the registrant’s legal representatives, predecessors, successors, and assignees — has standing to pursue trademark claims. Here, Sream was granted an exclusive license to use certain “RooR” trademarks in the United States, but the licensor retained ownership of those marks, among other things, so the rights granted aren’t equivalent to an assignment. The case is RooR Int’l BV v. Good Timez III, LLC, 2019 BL 383468, M.D. Fla., 8:19-cv-439-T-24 AAS, 10/7/19