Split 9th Circuit Panel Revives Authors’ Trademark Suit Over Film Name

( January 6, 2025, 10:46 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed a California federal judge’s decision to dismiss trademark claims brought by co-authors of a book called “Gringo” against makers of an otherwise unrelated film bearing the same name, with the majority holding that the co-authors plausibly alleged the likelihood of confusion between the works....