In New Hampshire, Trademark Claims Over Photograph Tossed

Mealey's (January 7, 2020, 11:48 AM EST) -- CONCORD, N.H. — In a Jan. 6 holding, a federal judge in New Hampshire agreed with a defendant that allegations that it infringed a trademarked headstock design as depicted in a photograph used by the defendant without authorization fail because the design in question is not entitled to trademark protection (D’Pergo Custom Guitars Inc. v. Sweetwater Sound Inc., No. 17-747, D. N.H., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1358)....