Trademark victory for the family of civil rights leader Ida B. Wells
On July 31, 2025, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sustained cancellation and opposition of the marks IDA’S LEGACY and THE IDA B. WELLS LEGACY COMMITTEE, two marks that were damaging to the Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation, a charitable organization founded and run by the Duster family, descendants of Ida B. Wells. The applications [...]
