Harvard University Granted Injunction Against Infringement

LAS CRUCES, NM  December 10, 2015 - Federal Judge Robert Brack granted an injunction to Harvard University to stop further distribution and sales of a book that he found likely to infringe the trademark rights of Harvard and its Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The federal court also held that the book published more than 100 photographs in violation of the author’s contract with Harvard. The author, Steve Elmore, signed a contract with Harvard allowing him to take photographs for study purposes only and prohibiting him from publishing the images. A trial in the case is set for December 2016. Bardacke Allison represents Harvard University.