Case: Trademarks/Jurisdiction (W.D. Wash.)

A federal district court in Washington granted a small business owner’s motion to dismiss an artist’s action seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of a design featuring a traveling snail holding a bindle.
The court determined that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, as the parties’ covenant not to sue renders this declaratory judgment action moot, and the artist isn’t a prevailing party entitled to costs.