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<p class="MsoNormal">I was recently presented with an interesting hypothetical situation:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s party A’s trademark is XYZ GROUP (i.e., a trademark particularly associated with a particular group/organization/institution-- and the mark is registered th), a splinter group forms and claims that they are the “real” XYZ GROUP and
starts using XYZ GROUP in various ways. (Yes—party A is addressing these infringements.) In the meantime, attorneys representing the splinter group sends correspondence to third parties identifying themselves as “Attorneys for XYZ GROUP.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are the splinter group’s attorneys potentially liable for trademark infringement as well? Anyone aware of any case law on this issue?<o:p></o:p></p>
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