Original sentence: Although the trademarks have been REGISTERED, they have not been GRANTED.Huntington Beach has been sued by Santa Cruz, over use of the term "Surf City USA".On October 12, 2006, Flotsam of California, a California corporation in Santa Cruz, CA filed suit against the Huntington Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau
Edited sentence: Although the trademarks have been REGISTERED, a small t-shirt retailer in Santa Cruz, CA filed suit against the Huntington Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau claiming it had a right to use the marks as well.The Bureau has said it plans to defend the mark.While the arguments may be compelling to some people suffering from sour grapes in Santa Cruz or to a small retailer who may be guilty of infringing on a famous national trademark name, time will tell if this case has any merit or any impact on anything but a few people with nothing better to worry about