Case: Trademarks & Copyrights/Post-Trial Motions (2d Cir.)

The Second Circuit affirmed in part and reversed and vacated in part the decision of a federal district court in New York denying Zioness Movement Inc.'s post-trial motions to set aside a jury verdict finding that ZMI and The Lawfare Project Inc. are co-owners of the “Zioness” trademark or for a new trial, limiting the monetary sanction for LPI’s discovery abuses to $20,000, and denying ZMI attorneys’ fees under the Copyright Act. The appeals court affirmed the district court’s denial of JMOL and a new trial, as well as its discovery sanction award, but said that the district court abused ...