First Cir: School Name Trademark Settlement Agreement Enforceable
Thursday, April 29, 2021 Addressing issues relating to jurisdiction, contract enforceability, and trademarks, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit concluded that two schools that used similar names had a valid and enforceable settlement agreement obligating one school to pay for the other to change its name. The Commonwealth School, Inc. v. Commonwealth Academy Holdings LLC, Case No. 20-1112 (1st Cir. Apr. 14, 2021) (Selya, J.) It came to the attention of a Boston private school, The Commonwealth School (the School), that a more recently founded private school in Springfi...