California Federal Judge Orders Couple To Stop Using Tobacco Trademark

Mealey's (August 10, 2016, 12:44 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Aug. 8 granted a motion for default judgment in favor of a hookah tobacco company that sued a couple who was using the company’s trademarked brands and ordered the couple to pay $575,000 (Starbuzz Tobacco Inc. v. Issa Hilo, et al., No. SACV 16-0303 AG, C.D. Calif.)....