In Longstanding Trademark Row, 8th Circuit Affirms Federal Judge

Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 4:27 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — In a Dec. 21 ruling, a panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld in their entirety findings by an Arkansas federal judge that in view of a jury’s determination of fraud committed by a trademark owner before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), a defendant was entitled to a final judgment of noninfringement (B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries Inc., No. 17-1570 and 17-1755, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 36214)....