5th Circuit Affirms: ‘Cowboy Little Barrel’ Trademark Abandoned

Mealey's (July 19, 2018, 10:47 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In a July 18 holding, a per curiam Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel refused to undo a Texas federal jury’s determination that a trademark infringement plaintiff failed to rebut a presumption of intent not to resume use of the “Cowboy Little Barrel” (CLB) trademark after years of nonuse (Allied Lomar Inc. v. Lone Star Distillery LLC, et al., No. 17-50148, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 19865)....