Ariel Investments, LLC v. Ariel Capital Advisors LLC

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Case Number:

17-1516

Court:

Appellate - 7th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3840 Trademark

  1. January 31, 2018

    7th Circ. Overturns Ariel Investments' Trademark Win

    The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court's finding that Florida-based boutique wealth management firm Ariel Capital Advisors LLC infringed Chicago-based Ariel Investments LLC's trademarks, agreeing with the smaller firm that it lacked enough ties to Illinois for the lower court to hear the case.

  2. January 17, 2018

    Court Couldn't Hear Firm's Trademark Case, 7th Circ. Told

    Seventh Circuit arguments over court costs awarded to a wealth management firm that won a trademark case against a similarly named outfit focused almost entirely on jurisdiction Wednesday, with counsel for the losing side insisting that the lower court should have never heard the case to begin with.

  3. March 30, 2017

    7th Circ. Refuses To Block Order For 'Ariel' Name Change

    The Seventh Circuit refused on Wednesday to stay an Illinois federal judge's ruling requiring a Florida wealth manager to change the name of his company to avoid infringing trademarks held by Chicago's Ariel Investments LLC.

  4. March 20, 2017

    Ariel Investments Competitor Wants Stay On Name Change

    A Florida wealth manager whose firm was ordered to change its name to avoid Chicago-based Ariel Investments LLC's trademark on "Ariel" asked the Seventh Circuit to delay the modification, arguing Monday that rebranding mid-tax season will hurt the manager's business.

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