Legal Opinion
Duluth News-Tribune, a Division of Northwest Publications, Inc. v. Mesabi Publishing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1996No. 95-2912PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Duluth News-Tribune, a division of Northwest Publications, Inc., filed this trademark infringement action against Mesabi Publishing Company (Mesabi) and Hibbing Tribune Company, Inc., (Hibbing) under section 43(a) of the Lanham Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1995) and under Minnesota Stat. § 325D.165 (1995). After considering cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court 1 granted judgment in favor of defendants on all claims. We affirm.
I. Background
For more than 100 years plaintiff has circulated a daily newspaper, the Duluth News-Tribune, in the…
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