May 01, 2026
A California federal judge has entered judgment in a battle between a Napa Valley winery and an attorney who had worked with it, ruling that the attorney had no rights to the trademark on the high-end RBS wine brand.
June 09, 2023
A California federal magistrate judge has declined to grant attorney fees to either side of a long-running dispute between a California vineyard and its erstwhile attorney, ruling that both parties should be content with emerging from the litigation without suffering substantial financial losses.
March 08, 2023
Counsel for Texas attorney Randy Roach told a California jury at trial openings Wednesday that although he was found to have breached his fiduciary duty to former client Schrader Cellars by failing to memorialize a partnership agreement with its original owner, the professional duty breach didn't harm the winery.
November 17, 2022
A winery is set to go before a California federal judge next week to argue that its former lawyer has no rights to any of the trademarks tied to its reported $60 million sale, while the lawyer is expected to claim he was the sole financial backer for one of the winery owner's most popular brands. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
March 21, 2022
A California federal judge on Monday denied a sanctions motion from a former lawyer for the founder of a Napa Valley winery that sold for a reported $60 million, saying he lacked "rock solid" evidence that the wine company's lawsuit challenging his investor-ownership claim is frivolous.