Lawn Firm Seeks Certiorari Over Unclean Hands, Naked Trademark License

Mealey's (October 16, 2020, 9:55 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals applied the incorrect standard in determining that no naked license existed related to a trademark used by two competing lawn care companies, the one firm argued in a Sept. 28 petition for certiorari, also asking the U.S. Supreme Court to provide guidance on the doctrine of unclean hands in the context of parallel state and federal court lawsuits between former spouses (Progressive Lawn Managers Inc. v. Lawn Managers Inc., No. 20-421, U.S. Sup.)....