Legal Opinion
Verizon Communications, Inc. Verizon Trademark Services, Llc, Formerly Known as Bell Atlantic Trademark Services, LLC v. Inverizon International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 11, 2002No. 01-3503PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Verizon Communications, Inc. and Verizon Trademark Services, LLC (collectively “Verizon”) appeal the district court’s decision to stay this declaratory judgment action pending resolution of a state court action filed by Inverizon International, Inc. (“Inverizon”). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I
On July 25, 2000, Inverizon sent a cease and desist letter to Verizon, demanding that it refrain from using the “Verizon” mark because such use was likely to cause confusion with Inverizon’s mark. The letter explained that Inverizon uses its service mark for…
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