Legal Opinion
Visible Systems Corp. v. Unisys Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 23, 2008No. 07-2730, 08-1410, 08-1411PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
A jury awarded Visible Systems Corporation (“VSC”) trademark infringement damages of $250,000 against Unisys Corporation on a reverse confusion claim. See 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). The district court also issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Unisys from using the trademarks or service marks 3D VISIBLE ENTERPRISE, 3D-VE, or VISIBLE in the United States in the enterprise modeling or enterprise architecture fields.
VSC appeals, asserting it was entitled to more. Its primary argument is that the trial judge erred in not granting it a jury trial under both the Lanham Act and the…
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