Jury finds Salt Lake Comic Con, its founders violated trademark

SAN DIEGO — A jury has found that Salt Lake Comic Con founders Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg, along with their company, violated a trademark when they named their fan convention a "comic con."
However, the jury decided that the trademark was not willfully violated, and only $20,000 of the $12 million sought by San Diego Comic-Con was awarded.
The decision came at the end of an eight-day jury trial and three years of legal maneuvering.
The two comic and pop culture conventions have been du