Panel Reverses Personal Liability For Judgment In Trademark Case

Mealey's (July 25, 2019, 1:57 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Maryland federal judge erred in entering judgment against the president of a corporation that infringed the “Life Technologies” trademark where the individual was not named as a defendant “or otherwise brought into the case by service of process,” the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 24 (Life Technologies Corp. v. Krishnamurthy Govindarai, No. 16-1803, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 22081)....