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Seventh Circuit Vacates Google's Judgment Against Stoller Companies

By John L. Welch

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has vacated the March 15, 2007 judgment entered by the Chicago federal district court in Google's RICO lawsuit against Leo Stoller's companies, Central Mfg. Inc. and Stealth Industries, Inc. The appellate court ruled (here) that the lower court had erred in denying Leo Stoller's motion to intervene (TTABlogged here), and it returned the case to the district court for reconsideration of Stoller's motion.Leo StollerThe appellate court began by noting that "Leo Stoller is a familiar litigant, to say the least.""As we have previously remarked, litigation is central to his business strategy: he claims a superior right to countless trademarks and then seeks to thwart genuine users from registering their marks or threatens litigation if he is not paid a 'licensing fee...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on April 07, 2008 (boomark / email).