August 12, 2016
A Louisiana chalk-paint distributor seeking $95,000 in fees after suing to confirm a contract-breach arbitral award against a former Canadian marketer had another thing coming Thursday, when a magistrate judge said the request had "obvious problems" and sharply cut the figure to $17,000.
July 14, 2016
A Canadian artist found by arbitrators to have illegally used the term "chalk paint" to market her own products after cutting ties with a distributor has only herself to blame for the $95,000 it cost the distributor to confirm its $67,000 arbitral award in court, lawyers told a Louisiana federal judge Wednesday.
June 14, 2016
A Canadian woman who sold her own line of "chalk paint" after ducking out of a contract with a U.S. distributor of similar products was ordered by a Louisiana federal judge Tuesday to pay costs and comply with an arbitration award that prevents her from using the trademarked term.
April 18, 2016
A federal judge on Monday resumed a Louisiana company's suit seeking to cement an arbitration award it obtained against a Canadian decorative artist in an intellectual property dispute, just weeks after giving the company permission to immediately appeal a prior decision refusing to reopen the case.
April 14, 2016
A Canadian decorative artist asked a Louisiana federal court Thursday to resume enforcement proceedings of an arbitration award in an intellectual property dispute with a Louisiana company — a move that is likely to moot the permission the company recently received to immediately appeal a decision refusing to reopen the case.
March 31, 2016
A federal judge Thursday allowed a Louisiana company to immediately appeal a decision refusing to reopen enforcement proceedings of an arbitration award in an intellectual property dispute, ruling the Fifth Circuit should consider whether courts can adjourn such proceedings for reasons not specified in the New York Convention.