Contributory Trademark Liability Question Certified For Appeal To 6th Circuit

Mealey's (March 28, 2018, 1:39 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — Although indicating his disagreement with a defendant’s interpretation of the relevant case law, a Michigan federal judge on March 27 nonetheless certified for interlocutory appeal his earlier ruling that the defendant — the operator of a consumer-based review website — can be held contributorily liable for alleged direct trademark infringement (Reliable Carriers Inc. v. MovingSites LLC, No. 17-10971, E.D. Mich., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49904)....