Legal Opinion
Surfvivor Media, Inc. Peter S. Deptula v. Survivor Productions CBS Broadcasting Inc. CBS Worldwide, Inc. Wpc Brands, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 4, 2005No. 02-17064PublishedCited by 488 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Surfvivor Media, Inc., and Peter S. Deptula (collectively Surfvivor or Deptula) appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Survivor Productions, L.L.C., et al. (collectively Survivor), on Surfvivor’s federal and state trademark infringement claims. Surfvivor also challenges the magistrate judge’s ruling limiting discovery to allow examination of only certain Survivor goods.
Because no material issue of fact was raised reflecting confusion between the marks, we affirm the entry of summary judgment in favor of Survivor. We…
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