2nd Cir. Remands Court Order on Haley Paige Instagram Account

Luxury dress designer Hayley Paige Gutman convinced the Second Circuit to ax a lower court order requiring her to surrender her 1.1 million-follower Instagram account to JLM Couture Inc.

Most of the lower court’s injunction against Gutman using her name during a trademark and breach of contract fight with JLM was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. But it struck the court’s order to turn over the Instagram and other social media accounts to JLM as overbroad, at least on the basis the court cited.

The lower court could, on remand, decide JLM likely owns ...