Legal Opinion
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. L & L Wings, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1992No. Nos. 91-3039, 91-3043PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case, plaintiff Anheuser-Busch sued defendants for selling souvenir T-shirts that plaintiff claimed infringed its Budweiser beer trademarks. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants, finding that defendants’ T-shirt design did not create a likelihood of consumer confusion, but the district judge granted plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We reverse. The record reveals sufficient differences between the T-shirt design and plaintiff’s trademarks to permit the jury to conclude that consumer confusion was unlikely.…
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