Legal Opinion
RXD Media, LLC v. Ip Application Dev.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 27, 2019No. Case No. 1:18-cv-486PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Liam O'Grady, United States District Judge
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff and Defendants' cross-motions for summary judgment. For the following reasons, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is granted. Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment is denied.
I. Background
A. The Parties, Mark, Applications, and Registrations at Issue
At issue in this trademark case is the use of the IPAD mark in commerce. Plaintiff is RXD Media. RXD launched its website, ipad.mobi, in 2007. According to RXD, ipad.mobi was meant to be an online platform primarily for notetaking. In 2016 RXD…
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