The Shorebilly trademark is safe.
A U.S. federal judge found in favor of the defendant and owner of the former Shorebill Brewing Company in a lawsuit filed by a West Ocean City couple.
The judge rejected the Boardwalk couple’s claims that it was a trademark infringement ruling that the couple’s trademark had been obtained fraudulently.
The judge ordered the U.S. Patent Office to cancel the Teal Bay’s federal trademark registration.
He said that Danny Robinson still technically owns the trademark even though he changed the name of his operation to Backshore Brewing Company after the lawsuit was filed.
The judge also ordered plaintiff to pay Robinson just over $30-thousand in damages which Robinson says won’t begin to cover his $500-thousand in legal fees.
