Legal Opinion
Holiday Inns, Inc. (94-6365) v. 800 Reservation, Inc. (94-6326), Earthwinds Travel, Inc. (94-6328), and Call Management Systems, Inc. (94-6257)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1996No. 94-6257, 94-6326, 94-6328 and 94-6365PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
Holiday Inns, Inc., filed this Lanham Act suit against the defendants, alleging unfair competition and infringement of its trademark telephone number, 1-800-HOLIDAY, known as a “vanity number.” The defendants, Call Management Systems, Inc. (a consulting firm that obtains and services 1-800 telephone numbers for businesses), 800 Reservations, Inc. (an agency that makes reservations for a number of hotel chains, including Holiday Inns), and Earthwinds Travel, Inc. (a travel agency) had secured the use and were engaged in using a telephone number that potential Holiday…
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