Frida Kahlo trademark dispute

ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit undid a Florida federal court’s dismissal of a tortious interference lawsuit brought by the Frida Kahlo Corporation against the Mexican artist’s grand-niece and her Mexican corporation, which allegedly sent intimidating and false cease-and-desist letters to the corporation’s business partners to stop the use of Frida Kahlo trademarks on phone covers and in planned exhibitions. The corporate shield doctrine did not apply to the grandniece and she and her manager have conducted activities in Florida, so the lower court does have personal jurisdiction in this matter.