The accompanying details about the motion are sealed, but the jurors' verdict skewed in Salt Lake's favor on whether the Salt Lake event falsely aligned itself with San Diego by calling itself a comic con, and on the amount of damages awarded in the case. San Diego has filed its own motions calling for either a verdict from the judge or a new trial. Salt Lake also disputes the judge's instruction to jurors that third-party use of a trademarked term is not justification to find it has become generic, and that San Diego is not required to police other trademark violations in order to maintain its right to the term. The motion claims that Judge Anthony Battaglia's pretrial rulings in San Diego's favor crippled Salt Lake's arguments that comic con is generic, including restricting evidence other conventions had been using the term in the 1960s, a decade before San Diego was.
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District Court on Wednesday asking for a new trial on whether San Diego Comic-Con's trademarks have become too generic to be protected. Ultimately, only $20,000 of the $12 million San Diego Comic-Con had sought in damages was awarded.Īttorneys for the Salt Lake event filed a motion in Southern California's U.S. However, the jury also ruled that the trademarks weren't violated wilfully, and no false designation had occurred, meaning the Salt Lake event had never purported to be affiliated with San Diego's. The jury's decision asserted that San Diego Comic-Con International - the widely known annual celebration of comics and popular arts - holds a valid trademark on the term "comic-con," and that the Salt Lake event and its founders were using it without permission.īecause San Diego's trademarks on "Comic Con International" and its iconic "eye logo" also include the term, jurors found they were being infringed upon as well. Salt Lake Comic Con launched the website under the name FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, the name it has been floating on social media accounts since a jury last month found that calling the event a "comic con" violated trademark laws. The rebranding comes even as the dueling conventions launched a volley of post-trial motions seeking new verdicts on the points they each lost.
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just in time for Christmas shopping! Mark your calendars for February 19-20, 2022 when we return with our first full show of the new year.SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's homegrown pop culture convention dropped a new website Wednesday, signaling an official name change after losing a trial over a trademark dispute with a San Diego organization.
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And just added, we're hosting a special "Day of Cheer" on Decema FREE admission event with several vendors and special guests. In 2021, the Dallas Comic Show returns with THREE scheduled events - the first being a single-day show on June 26, the second a two-day show August 21-22, and the third being November 6-7, and all three events will be held at the Music City Mall in Lewisville, TX. In 2020, due to Coronavirus concerns, we decided to go on hiatus and not attempt public gatherings, which was probably for the best. In 2019, we had three shows - the first April 6-7 in Richardson, then August 10-11 in Lewisville, TX, and finally November 23-24 in Richardson. In 2018 we had two fun events happening, August 25-26, and November 17-18. Our third event was at the Irving Convention Center on February 11-12, 2017, and our fourth back at the Richardson Civic Center on September 16-17, 2017. Our inaugural shows were held at the Richardson Convention Center - in the Spring of 2016 (April 23-24) and in late Summer 2016 (August 6-7). This is show run by fans and done for fans. Our mission is to bring back an affordable pop culture convention experience to the DFW area, something everyone can enjoy and embrace without breaking the bank. #DallasComicShow is a family-friendly event in the DFW area featuring exciting comic book and media guests, costumed characters, gaming and Anime content.
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