After a day of deliberations, a federal jury has given a verdict in favor of the San Diego Comic Con, ordering the Salt Lake Comic Con to pay just $20,000 in damages for their use of the trademark “comic con,” holding that Salt Lake did not willfully infringe upon San Diego’s trademark.
After several failed settlement attempts and cease-and-desist orders, San Diego Comic-Con is about to begin a trial against the Salt Lake Comic Con over who gets to use the phrase “comic-con.”