( March 19, 2025, 12:44 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 18 vacated a Virginia federal judge’s finding that there was no risk of confusion between the trademarks associated with retirement communities based on opposite coasts of the United States; the panel said the judge was wrong to rely purely on the geographical distance between the respective companies when analyzing the risk of confusion....