A divided Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed a district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a trademark dispute involving the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”), Boigris v. EWC P&T, LLC, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 23399 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2021). The case further clarifies the test for whether marks are “confusingly…
Month: August 2021
Full Court Nixes Appeal of Antitrust Immunity Ruling
Sitting en banc, the Eleventh Circuit unanimously held in SmileDirectClub, LLC v. Battle, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 21393 (11th Cir. July 20, 2021), that an interlocutory appeal may not be taken under the collateral order doctrine from the denial of the state-action antitrust immunity conferred by Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943). The case…
“Pinnacle” Trademark Dispute Offers Lessons in Trademark Trial Procedure
The court vacated a $550,000 jury verdict in a trademark dispute teeming with procedural issues, Pinnacle Advertising & Marketing Group, Inc. v. Pinnacle Advertising & Marketing Group, LLC, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 22770 (11th Cir. Aug. 2, 2021), but kept alive the possibility of injunctive relief for the plaintiff on remand. The case is a…