4th Circuit: Permanent Injunction Moots Appeal Of Preliminary Injunction Denial

( February 2, 2026, 8:49 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel dismissed as moot a defendant-appellant’s challenge of a North Carolina federal judge’s denial of its requested preliminary injunction against the plaintiff entity in a dispute over trademarks involving the word “Grin,” holding that the judge’s subsequent grant of summary judgment in the plaintiff’s favor has “deprived this appeal of any legal or practical consequence.”...

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