Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 6, 2020
Attorneys ask panel to consider history in Comic Con row
Lawyers representing Salt Lake Comic Con argued before a 9th Circuit panel that early adapters have been using the term “comic con” to generically refer to comic conventions before the original San Diego Comic Convention was hosted in 1970.
PASADENA -- Looking to reverse the results of a 2017 adverse jury verdict for infringement, the creators of the Salt Lake Comic Con asked a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Wednesday to take things back to 1970.
Eric S. Boorstin, attorney for defendant-appellant Dan Farr Productions Inc., acknowledged the jury upheld the validity of plaintiff San Diego Comic-Con's trademark for the term "comic com."
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