A software company’s Lanham Act case against the Justice Department in federal district court doesn’t bar it from maintaining a separate case against the Justice Department in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for breach of license, the Federal Circuit has ruled.

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp. has won an injunction blocking a delinquent franchisee from operating in New York’s Pennsylvania Station and another location. A federal judge granted the preliminary injunction on the grounds that Satellite Donuts was behind on its obligations under its agreements with Krispy Kreme and is in violation of the Lanham Act

A federal judge has allowed a trademark action by a perfume retailer to go forward, holding that a rival’s use of the plaintiff’s name and Web site in Google’s AdWords Program, which resulted in the defendant’s name appearing at the top of the page each time a user searched for the plaintiff, may constitute an actionable claim.

Without comment, the Supreme Court on Monday morning denied review in Harjo v. Pro-Football Inc., a challenge brought by Native Americans who assert that the name of the Washington Redskins is offensive and should be denied trademark status. The long-running dispute began in 1992 when Native American groups sought cancellation of the trademark under the provision of the Lanham Act that prohibits trademarks that disparage persons “living or dead.”