Real Estate Firm Denied Costs in ‘Royal Palm’ Trademark Dispute

A Boca Raton, Fla., luxury real estate company that went to court over the “Royal Palm Properties” service mark lost its bid for litigation costs because the case ended in a “legal tie,” the Eleventh Circuit said.

There is no prevailing party, as the term is used in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54, unless the resolution of a dispute changes the legal relationship between the parties, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said.

That didn’t occur in this case, the court said. Royal Palm Properties LLC sued Pink Palm Properties LLC for trademark infringement. Pink ...