Last September, after losing the lucrative Yosemite contract to a subsidiary of Aramark, DNC sued the park service in the claims court. In a move that's since drawn controversy, the company secured trademark protection for some popular Yosemite-area names, including the Ahwahnee hotel. Until a competing firm took over March 1, DNC managed Yosemite's major lodging and recreation concessions. Campbell-Smith to stay the park service's request that she postpone hearing the company's lawsuit until the trademark board acted.Ĭampbell-Smith agreed, in a one-page order issued on the same day that gives the Obama administration appointee the next say in how the trademark dispute unfolds. "It is the policy of the board to suspend proceedings in a pending case when the parties are involved in a civil action, which action may be dispositive of or have a bearing on the board case," the board noted in its ruling Wednesday.Ĭiting this "important development," Delaware North's attorneys on Thursday asked Judge Patricia E. It might also speed the resolution of the Yosemite names dispute, as the trademark board had initially scheduled its hearings to take place next May. The dual rulings mean the concessions company, a subsidiary of the Buffalo-based Delaware North, can play offense instead of defense in a court of its own choosing. Court of Federal Claims judge rejecting the park service's request that she postpone consideration of a legal challenge by concessions company DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite Inc. The board's decision led, on Thursday, to a U.S. In a procedural move that might shape the final outcome, the federal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board this week put on hold the park service's request to cancel certain Yosemite-area trademarks. WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has lost an early round of legal maneuvering over Yosemite National Park's trademarked names, as a multi-front fight narrows to the court venue preferred by the aggrieved former concessionaire.
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