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Ancestry.com Settles TM Suit with Rival

2017/06/28

Genealogy research website Ancestry.com has settled a trademark infringement lawsuit against rival DNA Diagnostic Centre (DDC). On June 22, US District Judge Susan Dlott dismissed the claim with prejudice, with each side responsible for its own attorneys’ fees. The complaint was filed by Ancestry.com in November 2015 at the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. It claimed that DDC had caused “significant actual confusion in the marketplace from its unauthorised use in commerce of Ancestry.com's registered ‘Ancestry’ trademark”. The complaint related to online adverts, in which DDC had used the AncestrybyDNA.com domain name and used the term ‘AncestryDNA’ in the adverts’ headline.
 
Source: WIPR
 



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