A real estate developer convinced the Fourth Circuit to uphold a $43 million trademark award from a company found to have breached a settlement agreement over “Dewberry” trademarks.
Dewberry Group Inc. ignored several “red flags” as it continued to use its founder’s surname over the objections of mark owner Dewberry Engineers Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said Wednesday. Dewberry’s company ignored cease-and-desist letters and officials’ refusal to register new marks amid a post-settlement rebrand from Dewberry Capital to Dewberry Group, Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory said in the majority opinion for the three-judge panel.
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