Dismissal Denied In Trademark Dispute Over Auto-Populated Results

Mealey's (August 1, 2018, 12:45 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A plaintiff sufficiently pleaded commercial use of its “Biotine” trademarks when it alleged that a defendant’s website’s auto-populated dropdown list causes the “Biotine” trademarks to appear, a California federal judge ruled July 31 (Natural Thoughts Inc. v. Performance Touch LLC, et al., No. 17-2148, S.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127255)....