Brooklyn Hotel Founder Loses Trademark Bid in Bankruptcy Court

A founder of The Williamsburg Hotel in Brooklyn failed to convince a bankruptcy judge that she owns the trademarks to the hotel’s name and the slogan, “Sleep With A Local.”

96 Wythe Acquisition LLC, the hotel’s proprietor until 2023, owned the trademarks and passed them to Quadrum Development Corp. when the business was sold for $96 million, according to an opinion issued Wednesday in the US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York. Judge Sean H. Lane said defendant Toby Moskovits’ use of the marks on social media prior to the opening of the hotel in 2017 ...