Legal Opinion
Rupp v. The Courier-Journal, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided March 19, 2020No. 3:18-cv-00277Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:18-CV-277-RGJ ALAN RUPP Plaintiff v. THE COURIER JOURNAL, INC. Defendant * * * * * MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Courier Journal, Inc. (“Defendant”) moves to dismiss Alan Rupp’s (“Plaintiff’s”) complaint [DE 12]. Briefing is complete. [DE 17; DE 18]. The matter is ripe. For the reasons below, Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff owns DERBY-PIE® (the “Mark”), a federal trademark for a “well-known chocolate nut pie” sold nationwide. [DE 17 at 86]. First created in 1954 at the…
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