Legal Opinion
Westchester Media Co v. PRL USA Holdings In
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2000No. 99-20754PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Westchester Media and Na-vasota Holding Co. (“Westchester”) appeal the judgment finding that their use of the mark “POLO” to title a magazine infringed marks for products sold by Polo Ralph Lauren entities (“PRL”). Two features distinguish this case from run of the mill trademark infringement claims. PRL is attempting to prevent Westchester from titling a magazine even though PRL itself sells no literary products. And Westches-ter acquired its “POLO” mark from and, at least in part for the continuation of, the official publication of the U.S. Polo…
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