Legal Opinion
Powder River Oil Co. v. Powder River Petroleum Corp.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1992No. 91-119PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.
This case involves application of the Wyoming common law of trade name infringement and unfair competition. Appellants, W.R. Gibson (Gibson) and Powder River Oil Company, Inc., filed suit against appellees, Walter Van Norman, Jr. (Van Norman) and Powder River Petroleum Corporation, Inc., seeking injunctive relief preventing the use of a confusing and similar trade name. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Powder River Petroleum Corporation finding that actual confusion among the customers of Powder River Oil Company was not established. Powder River…
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