Legal Opinion
Etw Corporation v. Jireh Publishing, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2003No. 00-3584PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAHAM, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 938-960), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
GRAHAM, District Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant ETW Corporation (“ETW”) is the licensing agent of Eldrick “Tiger” Woods (“Woods”), one of the world’s most famous professional golfers. Woods, chairman of the board of ETW, has assigned to -it the exclusive right to exploit his name, image, likeness, and signature, and all other publicity rights. ETW owns a United States trademark registration for the mark “TIGER WOODS” (Registration No. 2,194,381) for…
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