$21M Award For Tiffany In Trademark Row With Costco Vacated By 2nd Circuit

Mealey's (August 17, 2020, 1:16 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York erred in determining that a retailer engaged in counterfeiting as a matter of law at the summary judgment stage, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 17, vacating and remanding an advisory jury's subsequent $21,010,438 award on behalf of a trademark infringement plaintiff (Tiffany and Company, et al. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Nos. 17-2798, 19-338 and 19-404, 2nd Cir.)....