9th Circuit Told Instagram Account’s Use Of ASU Marks Was Commercial, Infringing

(February 17, 2022, 9:56 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Brushing aside amici curiae arguments about a Doe defendant’s rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as improperly raised, Arizona State University (ASU) in a Feb. 8 reply brief tells the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that its trademark infringement claims over an Instagram account in which Doe mocked the university’s COVID-19 policies were improperly dismissed sua sponte by a trial court....