8th Circuit Upholds OK Of Voluntary Dismissal In Lanham Act Case

Mealey's (March 18, 2020, 12:26 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge did not abuse his discretion in granting a trademark owner’s request to voluntarily dismiss its action under the Lanham Act in a dispute over an alleged knockoff cat toy, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 17 (SnugglyCat Inc. v. Opfer Communications Inc., et al., No. 18-3500, 8th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8338)....