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Ninth Circuit Rejects San Diego Comic Con Appeal

The organizers of a Salt Lake City comic convention suffered another blow in their long-running trademark battle with the organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con. The Salt Lake event styled itself as “Salt Lake Comic Con.”...more

San Diego Smackdown Chapter V: The Empire Strikes Back

Our story so far: - Comic-Con is a registered trademark of SDCC, the organizers of the renowned San Diego convention for all things pop culture. SDCC brought an infringement action against the organizers of a Utah event ...more

San Diego Smackdown, The Final Chapter?

The jury has spoken. After a saga worth of Homer, Comic-Con is a valid trademark. The battle began when, the organizers of San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), the 50-year old grandaddy of fan conventions, sued the producers of...more

San Diego Smackdown, Chapter 2: Gag Order Overturned On Appeal

I’ve blogged about the pending trademark infringement case brought by SDCC, the registered owners of the San Diego Comic-Con mark, against the producers of Salt Lake Comic Con. The Utah group had launched an aggressive social...more

Drug Cartel Heirs Have Netflix In Their Crosshairs

Drug cartels are notorious for murder and extortion, but the family of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar has unleashed the scariest weapon of all–trademark litigation. Escobar, Inc. has a longstanding grudge against the...more

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