Legal Opinion
Marshak v. Treadwell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 2, 2009No. 08-1771, 08-1836, 08-1837PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
For over a decade, Faye Treadwell (“Treadwell”), widow of the late music executive George Treadwell, and Larry Marshak (“Marshak”), a promoter of various doo-wop groups, have fought tooth and nail over the rights to use the trademark of “The Drifters,” the legendary singing group. In the late nineties, Marshak sued Treadwell for infringement of a federally registered mark for The Drifters that Marshak had obtained in 1978. Treadwell counterclaimed to cancel the registration, arguing that the mark had been procured by fraud, and that Marshak was infringing on Treadwell’s…
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