Legal Opinion
Interstellar Starship Services, Ltd. v. Epix, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 2002No. 01-35155PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge.
Epix, Inc. (“Epix”) sued Interstellar Starship Services (“ISS”) and its president Michael Tchou (“Tchou”) in district court alleging that their use of the www. epix.com domain name infringed Epix’s registered EPIX trademark. The district court enjoined ISS and Tchou from future infringing uses of www.epix.com but allowed ISS to retain ownership of the domain name. Epix appeals, contesting the district court’s failure to find that: (1) ISS’s use of epix.com caused initial interest confusion; (2) ISS cybersquatted on epix.com; and (3) ISS diluted the EPIX trademark. Epix…
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