IN RE DAN FARR PRODUCTIONS

No. 17-72682.

874 F.3d 590 (2017)

IN RE: DAN FARR PRODUCTIONS; Bryan Brandenburg; Daniel Farr. Dan Farr Productions; Daniel Farr; Bryan Brandenburg, Petitioners, v. United States District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego, Respondent, San Diego Comic Convention, Real Party in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Katz and L. Rex Sears , Maschoff Brennan PLLC, Irvine, California, for Petitioners.

Callie R. Bjurstrom , Peter K. Hahn , and Michelle A. Herrera , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Diego, California; Kevin M. Fong , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Real Party in Interest.

Before: WARDLAW, GOULD, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This petition for a writ of mandamus arises in the context of a hotly contested trademark action initiated by San Diego Comic Convention ("SDCC") against the producers of the Salt Lake Comic Con — Dan Farr Productions, Daniel Farr, and Bryan Brandenburg ("Petitioners") — over the use of the mark "comic-con" or...

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