Legal Opinion
Anti-Monopoly, Inc. v. General Mills Fun Group
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1979No. 77-2302PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Anti-Monopoly, Inc. (Anti-Monopoly) appeals from a district court judgment declaring that the MONOPOLY trademark of Parker Brothers, an unincorporated division of General Mills Fun Group, Inc., is valid and enforceable, and that Anti-Monopoly’s use of the name “Anti-Monopoly” as the title of its own game constitutes an infringement thereof. Anti-Monopoly also appeals from the district court’s issuance of a permanent injunction which, among other things, forbids Anti-Monopoly from using the words ANTI-MONOPOLY as a trademark, or trade or corporate name, and which…
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