Sunday, May 30, 2021

NY Shakespeare Festival Sued PUBLIC Hotel Under Trademark, Citing Joe's Pub in SDNY

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN

SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 23 – Ian Schrager started using the mark PUBLIC on hotels and entertainment and bar services, including in New York. Now the New York Shakespeare Festival has sued for trademark infringement.  

     On May 21, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.

    In the complaint is a poster for "Public Arts' Public Reads including I Gained Five Pounds by Chiara Atik," at 25 Chrystie Street. Also, Joe's Pub. 

Judge Ramos ruled that all discovery should be completed by December 1, with a case management conference on December 3.

The case is New York Shakespeare Festival v. IS Company LLC et al, 19-cv-1632 (Ramos)

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