Legal Opinion
GuestHouse International, LLC v. Shoney's North America Corp.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 18, 2010No. M2008-02567-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 44 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly M. Kirby, J.
in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.
This appeal involves a licensing agreement for service marks protected under trademark laws. One of the defendants is the owner of the service marks, which are used at both restaurants and motels. This original owner of the service marks sold the motel business along with the service marks, but it retained the restaurant business. After using the service marks for many years, the owner of the motel business decided to convert its motels from the service mark brand to another brand. Eventually, the owner of the motel…
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