San Diego Comic-Con: ‘Comic Convention’ Is Ours
SAN DIEGO (CN) – San Diego Comic-Con asked a federal judge Thursday to bar the use of its trademark by
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Jury Sides With San Diego Comic-Con in Trademark Spat
A six-person jury late Friday found San Diego Comic-Con’s trademark is valid and enforceable, and awarded the decades-old comic convention $20,000 in damages caused by another city convention’s use of the mark.
Read moreSan Diego Comic-Con Asks for $12 Million in Trademark Spat
During closing arguments Thursday, San Diego Comic-Con’s attorney called the use of its trademark by Salt Lake Comic Con a “slap in the face” before asking jurors to award the decades-old comic convention $12 million in damages.
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San Diego Comic-Con Trademark Case Moves Toward Trial
San Diego’s international Comic-Con won a preliminary victory this week when a federal judge refused to dismiss its trademark case against Salt Lake City Comic Con.
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Comic-Con Extends San Diego Stay Until 2021
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced Friday that the Comic-Con International convention has extended its agreement to host the popular event in San Diego until 2021.
Read moreOrganizer Loses Fight to Hold Porn Expo in Dallas
A Texas federal judge tossed a pornography trade show organizer’s free-speech lawsuit against Dallas late Thursday on a technicality, concluding the wrong entity filed suit against a resolution banning the show from being held at a city-owned convention center.
Read moreSan Diego Considering Tourist Tax Hike
Undeterred by last year’s failed sales-tax ballot measure to build the now-Los Angeles Chargers a new stadium, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer called Monday for a special election this November to raise the city’s tourism tax to expand the convention center, fix San Diego’s crumbling roads and solve a growing homelessness problem.
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