Willfully Defaulting Trademark Defendants Spared Default Judgment

Mealey's (December 31, 2019, 9:08 AM EST) -- ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Despite a purposeful failure by two defendants to enter an appearance in a trademark infringement case, the trademark owner was denied a default judgment Dec. 26 by a federal judge in New York who found that the defendants’ accused use of the “Deep” trademark is unlikely to cause consumer confusion (Deep Foods Inc. v. Deep Foods Inc., et al., No. 18-1256, W.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 221101)....