Legal Opinion

Advertise. Com, Inc. v. AOL Advertising, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 3, 2010No. 10-55069, 10-55071PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Advertise.com, Inc., appeals the district court’s entry of a preliminary injunction barring it from using a designation or trade name that is confusingly similar to Appellees’ (“AOL”) ADVERTISING.COM mark. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We reverse and vacate the preliminary injunction in part.

Facts and Procedural History

AOL owns trademark registrations covering certain stylized representations of the mark ADVERTISING.COM. While AOL’s applications for those registrations were pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office…

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