Legal Opinion
Board of Trustees v. Houndstooth Mafia Enterprises LLC
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided February 23, 2016No. Case No.: 7:13-CV-1736-RDPPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
R. DAVID PROCTOR, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The phrase “a day late and a dollar short” has served as the theme of songs, books, poems, movies, and television shows. As explained below, it is a theme that also characterizes the respective approaches taken in this case by (1) Michelle K. Lee (“Lee”), the Undersecretary for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”), and (2) Defendants Houndstooth Mafia Enterprises, LLC, Christopher Blackburn, and William Pitts, Jr.
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Mead Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
- U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall PartnershipSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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