“From its inception, this case has had …

“From its inception, this case has had the feel of a public relations campaign, with the parties seemingly more interested in the court of public opinion than the merits of their legal arguments,” Sullivan wrote in his opinion. “That is perhaps understandable, given the personal and public nature of the dispute.” Thursday, lawyers for Oakley filed a notice to appeal that decision. That will move the case to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and to its next stage. “Charles is not one to give up,” Doug Wigdor and Renan F. Varghese, the attorneys for Oakley, said in a statement. “While we are disappointed with the ruling, it’s just the beginning of the fourth quarter and we are confident that we can turn this around with an appeal that we have filed today.”