Case: Trademarks/Jurisdiction (S.D. Miss.)

A federal district court in Mississippi granted in part and denied in part HonorSociety.org. Inc. and an individual’s motion to dismiss Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s action for false designation of origin, trade dress infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition, based on the knowing and intentional use PTK’s Edge Mark and trade dress. The court said that it lacks personal jurisdiction over the individual, but that PTK sufficiently pleaded a trademark infringement claim as to the Edge Mark, as well as claims for trade dress infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition.