A federal trademark battle that threatened more than $10 million against San Antonio personal-injury lawyer Jeff Davis quietly ended this week after the plaintiff moved to dismiss the suit. The dismissal came Monday, and on Tuesday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued trademark certificates to Davis' Here4You LLC for the English and Spanish slogans at the center of the dispute.
Trademark tribunal had an opposition on file
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's online docket shows an opposition was filed against one of Here4You's applications and that the administrative proceeding was suspended while the civil case was pending. The TTAB record lists opposition number 91298913 and the status line "SUSP PEND DISP OF CIVIL ACTION," according to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's online docket.
Suit filed in April and then dropped after talks
Las Vegas attorney Glen Lerner sued Davis on April 30 in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, accusing him of using the slogans "One call solves all" and "Una llamada soluciona todo" and seeking more than $10 million in damages, as reported by the San Antonio Express-News. In a recent court filing Lerner said the parties had "resolved the dispute," and the outlet reports Davis never formally answered the complaint; the article also notes the trademark office previously raised concerns about a likelihood of confusion during earlier prosecution.
Here4You's portfolio and what's at stake
Davis' company, Here4You LLC, holds a cluster of filings and registrations — including "444-4444" and "Call the 4's" — per Justia's trademark listings. Lerner's long‑used "One Call" marks were listed as pleaded registrations in the TTAB opposition, highlighting how small variations in ad copy can trigger big-dollar disputes.
Legal implications
Federal registration confers significant legal benefits — nationwide notice, presumptions of ownership, and the right to sue in federal court — but registrations can still be opposed or canceled through administrative proceedings. Nolo explains that oppositions and cancellation actions can undo registrations and that administrative actions frequently pause for related civil litigation.
Neither side disclosed terms of any settlement, and emails seeking comment to Davis' trademark counsel and Lerner's lawyer went unanswered, as noted by the Express-News. For local advertisers and consumers, the episode is a reminder that short marketing lines can carry outsized legal and commercial value — and that high-stakes suits can close without a public accounting of how they were resolved.
