2nd Circuit: Judge Correct To Deny Vacatur Of 2011 Trademark Dispute Settlement

( August 13, 2024, 10:16 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York correctly denied a request from a series of companies to vacate a 2011 issuance of judgment in a trademark infringement case because a settlement in the case was allegedly built upon a fraudulent document, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held, agreeing with the lower court judge that the companies had ample opportunity to discover the alleged fraud when it occurred....