Legal Opinion
Louisiana World Exposition, Inc. v. Logue
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1984No. 84-3032PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELEW, District Judge:
Defendants-Appellants appeal from an order of the District Court permanently enjoining them from making or selling merchandise bearing a name or emblem confusingly similar to those of the Plaintiff. We affirm that order.
Factual Background
Defendant Logue is an attorney living in New Orleans. In early 1980, having heard that the World’s Fair might be located in his home town four years hence, Logue devised a scheme whereby he would market items such as T-shirts and other consumer goods bearing a name and emblem related to the fair so that tourists visiting the fair would…
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