Panel Affirms Trademark Dispute Award, Will Consider Fees For ‘Frivolous’ Filing

( March 27, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 26 affirmed the confirmation of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award issued in favor of an Italian wine company involved in a dispute over trademark rights with its American distributor and ordered the distributor and its counsel to show cause why an award of attorney fees should not be imposed against them for bringing a “self-indulgent appeal” based on procedural defects and translation issues....