Brewery Can't Escape IP Row Over Thelonious Monk TM - McDermott Will & Emery

Brewery Can’t Escape IP Row Over Thelonious Monk TM

Overview


Robert Zelnick and Evan Boetticher are defending a Northern California craft brewery against a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by the estate of jazz legend Thelonious Monk over use of Monk’s name and likeness. The court found that the claims should be resolved from a more fully developed fact record and allowed the case to proceed to trial.