9th Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Win For Winery On ‘Bandido’ Marks

( November 6, 2026, 10:25 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed a California federal judge’s decision to grant summary judgment to a winery in a trademark dispute, finding that a reasonable fact finder could possibly determine that an appellant’s liquor mark was sufficiently different from the winery’s mark to avoid confusion....