November 16, 2017
A California federal jury has found that e-cig liquid maker Steam Distribution LLC must pay $4.7 million in damages to rival AOP Ventures Inc. for infringing on its "Milk Man" trademark, concluding that Steam hadn't shown any of its sales of products branded with the mark weren't traceable to its infringement.
December 12, 2016
A California federal judge said Monday she may reconsider awarding $6.4 million to AOP Ventures for rival e-cig liquid maker Steam Distribution's purported trademark infringement on the name "Milk Man," after Steam presented evidence that it had acquired another company with rights to the name.