Costco Tells 2nd Circuit It Used ‘Tiffany’ Descriptively, Not As A Trademark

Mealey's (April 26, 2019, 9:44 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Appealing a trial court’s finding that it infringed the trademark of Tiffany and Co. by advertising certain rings as “Tiffany,” Costco Wholesale Corp. tells the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an April 24 brief that it used the term in a generic, non-trademark manner to describe the rings (Tiffany and Company, et al. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Nos. 17-2798, 19-338 and 19-404, 2nd Cir.)....