Lawyer Training Group Alleges Trademark Infringement After Split

May 14, 2020, 7:14 PM UTC

A split between the founder and board of the Trial Lawyers College has resulted in a suit accusing founder Gerald L. Spence and others of infringing the organization’s trademarks and taking its mailing list to set up a competing program.

The college is a trial training institute for attorneys. The U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming should issue a temporary restraining order against Spence, the other individual defendants, and the new entity, Gerry Spences Trial Lawyers College at Thunderhead Ranch, TLC says in its complaint filed Wednesday.

The defendants should be kept from infringing TLC’s trademarks, engaging in ...

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