Minnesota Dispute Over ‘Betty Ford’ Trademark Will Proceed, Judge Rules

Mealey's (December 2, 2020, 12:29 PM EST) -- MINNEAPOLIS — In a Dec. 1 opinion, a federal judge in Minnesota rejected a German corporate defendant’s effort to dismiss allegations that it infringed the “Betty Ford” trademarks, ruling that the defendant had sufficient minimum contacts with the “nation as a whole” (Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, et al. v. My Way Betty Ford Klinik GmbH, No. 20-409, D. Minn., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 224511)....