The legal battle over the trademark of the phrase “summer waves” has reached the Eleventh Circuit. The autonomous local government responsible for a state park on Jekyll Island, Georgia, is appealing a verdict from a Georgia federal court which concluded that it lacked the authority to pursue legal action against an inflatable pool-maker claiming rights to the phrase. The Jekyll Island authority is urging the Eleventh Circuit to overturn this decision in the ongoing dispute over trademark jurisdictional issues. Further details on this intriguing case can be explored in Law360’s report.