Saints win fleur-de-lis trademark case over alleged descendant of French royalty

Saints win fleur-de-lis trademark case over alleged descendant of French royalty

Court rules Vermont man lacks standing in lawsuitPlaintiff could not demonstrate concrete injuryA man who claims to be a “direct descendant of the Kings of France” has lost his legal bid to wrest control of the fleur-de-lis symbol from the New Orleans Saints, after a US appeals court found he had no standing to challenge the team’s decades-old trademark.Michel J Messier of Rutland, Vermont, argued that his family held intellectual property right…