Legal Opinion
Levi Strauss & Co. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2011No. 09-16322PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RIPPLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Levi Strauss & Co. (“Levi Strauss”) seeks review of a district court judgment that Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. (“Abercrombie”) did not dilute Levi Strauss’s trademarked “Arcuate” design in violation of the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 (“TDRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c). Levi Strauss maintains that the district court applied an incorrect legal standard in evaluating its dilution claim, namely that the junior mark be “identical or nearly identical” to the senior one. We agree with Levi Strauss that the “identical or nearly identical” standard did…
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