Jurors deliberating whether Salt Lake Comic Con name violates trademark

SAN DIEGO — The question of whether Salt Lake's popular comics and nerd culture convention violated trademark when it named itself a "comic con" is now before a jury.
And with dozens of similar events across the country currently using the term, both with and without permission from San Diego Comic-Con International, the verdict in the case likely will be felt nationwide.
The two conventions have been locked in legal combat since the summer of 2014, when the organizers of Salt Lake Comic C