Fabric Supplier Answers Trademark Suit With UCL Counterclaims In Federal Court

Mealey's (April 14, 2020, 11:01 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A fabric supplier on April 6 answered a wholesale upholstery company’s trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit and brought counterclaims for trademark infringement, unfair competition and false advertising under California law and common-law unfair competition two weeks after a California federal judge rejected its argument that the common-law claims for trademark infringement and unfair competition are legally duplicative of the other statutory claims (Pelm Products LLC v. Plaza Fabrics Inc., No. 2:19-cv-08017, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50174)....