Expert’s Testimony Without U.S. Trademark Register Insufficient to Support Counterfeiting Conviction

The Supreme Court of Ohio today ruled that a trademark-investigation expert’s testimony that he is aware that certain trademarks are registered but that he has never personally viewed the trademark-registration documents is insufficient to prove by itself that the trademarks are registered on the principal register in the United States Patent and Trademark Office as required for a conviction for trademark counterfeiting under R.C. 2913.34.