RICHMOND, Va. - A North Carolina federal judge erred in vacating a verdict and siding with a trademark infringement defendant because the defendant failed to raise the affirmative defense of claim preclusion in a timely manner, according to a March 14 ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP of Atlanta v. von Drehle Corporation and Myers Supply Inc., No. 12-1444, 4th Cir.)....(read more)
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