Internet Posting Bans In ‘Comic-Con’ Trademark Suit Vacated As Prior Restraint

Mealey's (October 31, 2017, 4:27 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Oct. 30 vacated previous protective orders preventing the defendant in a dispute over the “Comic-Con” trademark from posting online about the litigation, issuing the order in compliance with a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that deemed the internet bans prior restraint under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Const. amend. I (San Diego Comic Convention v. Dan Farr Productions, et al., No. 3:14-cv-01865, S.D. Calif.)....