2nd Circuit Vacates $2M Damage Award In ‘Kirby’ Sailboat Trademark Row

(August 22, 2023, 10:32 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Although upholding findings by a federal judge in Connecticut that two former licensees of a sailboat design misappropriated the designer’s name in violation of Connecticut common law, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals vacated an award of $2,056,736.33 for willful trademark infringement....