Legal Opinion
Champions Golf Club, Inc. v. The Champions Golf Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1996No. 94-6197PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Champions Golf Club, Inc., of Houston, Texas, brought suit pursuant to the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq., alleging that the defendant, The Champions Golf Club, Inc., of Nicholasville, Kentucky, committed service mark infringement and unfair competition through false designation. The district court issued a judgment for Nicholas-ville following a bench trial, concluding that there was no likelihood of confusion in the parties’ use of the CHAMPIONS mark.
On appeal, Houston claims that the district court erred in concluding that there was no likelihood of…
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