Finding of willful infringement still doesn't merit injunction under Herb Reed

A.C.T. Prods., Inc. v. W.S. Indus., Inc., No. 16-0476, 2017 WL 4708152 (C.D. Cal. Jul. 14, 2017)Herb Reed strikes again.  The jury found that defendant had engaged in willful trademark infringement and false advertising, but also that the four-year statute of limitations had run. The court found that there was sufficient evidence before the jury to so hold, because of evidence that the defendant was infringing before the limitations period by being willfully blind to infringement: it was aware that it was buying the products at issue from a manufacturer that did not own the mark. The plaintiff argued that the jury’s findings were irreconcilably inconsistent, but that wasn’t the case. It was possible to reconcile the jury’s conclusion as to liability with the factual finding establishing the affirmative defense because there was evidence that willful infringement and advertising occurred only from 2010 to 2011.  Once the jury found that the plaintiff…

Read more detail on Recent Advertising Law posts –

This entry was posted in Advertising Law and tagged , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply