Legal Opinion
Freedom Savings and Loan Association, Counterclaim/defendant v. Vernon Way, Jr., D/B/A Freedom Realty, Counterclaim/plaintiff
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 1985No. 84-3315PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Freedom Savings and Loan Association brought this action against Vernon Way, sole proprietor of Freedom Realty Company, alleging that Way had infringed its servicemark under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1114 (1963), and had committed unfair labor practices under 15 U.S.C.A. § 1125 (1982) and “dilution” under FLA. STAT. § 495.151 (1972) by using the Freedom Realty name. Way counterclaimed for injunctive relief preventing Freedom Savings from infringing on his common law rights in the name Freedom Realty.
Freedom Savings first adopted its name in 1974 when it was a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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