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Ariel Investments, LLC v. Ariel Capital Advisors LLC
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.