Legal Opinion
Moore Business Forms, Inc. v. Seh M. Ryu, D/B/A Compurite, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1992No. 90-2054PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Seh M. Ryu, d/b/a CompuRite, and Com-puRite, Inc. (collectively “Ryu”) appeal an adverse judgment declaring that they infringed the trademark and common law service mark, and otherwise unfairly competed with Moore Business Forms, Inc. Ryu also appeals an award of attorney’s fees. We affirm the judgment on the merits and reverse the award of attorney’s fees.
Background
Moore is a national paper goods firm with sales in excess of $1 billion. In 1972 Moore began using the word “Compurite” as a trademark for its product — computer-generated business forms characterized by the…
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