Legal Opinion
Carefirst of Maryland, Inc. v. First Care, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2006No. 04-2493PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER and Judge SHEDD joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
CareFirst of Maryland, Inc., a health maintenance organization associated with Blue Cross Blue Shield, brought this trademark infringement and dilution action against First Care, P.C., a small group of family care physicians located in Southeastern Virginia. The district court granted summary judgment to First Care. We affirm.
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The CareFirst mark first appeared in 1977, when Metropolitan Baltimore Healthcare began marketing prepaid health care…
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