Legal Opinion

Au-Tomotive Gold, Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

District Court, D. Arizona

Decided April 1, 2008No. CV 01-162 TUC FRZPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

FRANK R. ZAPATA, District Judge.

I

PlaintiffiCounterDefendant Au-Tomo-tive Gold, Inc. (“Auto Gold”) filed the Complaint in this action on April 19, 2001 against Defendants/Counterclaimants Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen of America, Inc. (collectively “VW”) and Audi AG and Audi of America, Inc. (collectively “Audi”) seeking a declaratory judgment that its production and sales of automobile accessories did not constitute trademark infringement or trademark counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. § 1114, unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), or trademark dilution under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c).

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