Legal Opinion
Brittingham v. Jenkins
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1990No. Nos. 89-1560, 89-1579PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
David A. Brittingham,1 the holder of both federal and Maryland state registrations for the service mark THRASHER’S, brought this infringement action against Charles R. Jenkins2 under the Lanham Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq. Jenkins filed an answer and a counterclaim alleging, inter alia, that Brittingham had obtained his trademark registrations fraudulently, that Jenkins owned the common law service mark THRASHER’S, and that Brittingham had infringed upon Jenkins’s mark. In the court below, Brittingham and Jenkins each argued that they were entitled to monetary…
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