Legal Opinion
Voice of the Arab World, Inc. v. MDTV Medical News Now, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 27, 2011No. 10-1396PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, plaintiff-appellant Voice of the Arab World, Inc. (“VOAW”) challenges the district court’s interlocutory order granting defendant-appellee MDTV Medical News Now, Inc.’s (“Medical News Now”) motion to preliminarily enjoin VOAW from the use, sale, or promotion of the mark “MDTV,” or formative versions of that mark on the Internet, in connection with medical-related informational or educational programming or services. Because we find that the district court abused its discretion in presuming that Medical News Now was likely to suffer irreparable harm in…
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