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

Starbucks is getting another chance to stop a New Hampshire purveyor of roasted coffee beans from using the name “Charbucks.” The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived one part of a suit by the Seattle-based coffee giant, saying Starbucks can pursue a claim of trademark dilution by “blurring.” In so doing, the court said a change in federal law on dilution of trademarks led it to discard the standard that the marks in question be “substantially similar.”

The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that the chief judge of the Eastern District of Texas abused his discretion in refusing to transfer Novartis’ patent infringement case against Hoffmann-La Roche out of his jurisdiction. Novartis’ purported Texas justifications, wrote Judge Arthur Gajarsa for the panel, were red herrings at best