As the V.I. Department of Tourism is busy preparing another calendar of activities for this year’s Carnival in St. Thomas, a trademark infringement lawsuit wending its way through the federal courts is still hanging overhead. The matter is now pending  at the Third Circuit, with the local government opposing the plaintiff's request to expedite, according to Terri Griffiths, legal counsel for the V.I. Carnival Committee (V.I.C.C.). Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte said there has been no resolution to date. “It’s still an active legal situation. Our representative in the case is the Department of Justice … to my knowledge, there’s no final resolution yet,” he told legislators this week. The VICC filed a lawsuit against the Department of Tourism almost a year ago, claiming that DOT’s use of the verbiage "Carnival St. Thomas” and "Carnival…