Frida Kahlo’s Trademark Dispute Between Family Revived on Appeal

A trademark lawsuit among relatives of Frida Kahlo over the rights to the artist’s intellectual property got a second chance Friday after a federal appeals court ruled the suit was wrongly dismissed.

Florida courts have jurisdiction over the Mexico-based defendants, which include Kahlo’s grand-niece and her company, Frida Kahlo SA de CV, said Judge Barbara Lagoa of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She reversed a district court’s dismissal because, despite that court ruling it lacked jurisdiction over the defendants, it has power to hear the case.

“The Due Process Clause does not bar personal jurisdiction over” ...