Legal Opinion
National Ass'n of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc. v. Very Minor Leagues, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 28, 2000No. 99-6007, 99-6008PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc. (“Professional Baseball Leagues”) owns the trademark “Professional Baseball The Minor Leagues” and its accompanying logo. Very Minor Leagues, Inc. (“Very Minor Leagues”) is an Oklahoma corporation that manufactures, markets, and sells baseball caps and t-shirts featuring the names and logos of fictitious baseball teams. 1
Very Minor Leagues applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) for registration of the mark “Very Minor Leagues” on June 30, 1994. Very Minor Leagues’…
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