Judge Awards $1.3M In Fees And Costs After ‘Abusive’ School Trademark Row

( July 17, 2026, 10:13 AM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — After what a Florida federal judge called “five-and-a-half years of abusive litigation” in a trademark row over virtual schooling trademarks, the judge awarded more than $1.3 million in Rule 11 sanctions to the defendant school entity after the plaintiff school entity continued to pursue nationwide trademark damages for several months in 2023 after discovery failed to produce supporting evidence....