11th Circuit: Questions Of Distinctiveness Remain In Cheerleading Trademark Fight

( June 26, 2026, 11:58 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed a Florida federal judge’s grant of summary judgment in defendant-appellee entities’ favor in what the panel called “a spirited battle of trademarks tied to the sport of competitive international cheerleading” because the panel determined that the body of evidence presented by the appellant entity raised questions of fact that could not be resolved at summary judgment regarding genericness and secondary meaning....