Legal Opinion
Team Tires Plus, Ltd. v. Tires Plus, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 6, 2005No. 03-2300PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
This is a trademark infringement and unfair competition suit under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1125. The plaintiff, Team Tires Plus, Ltd., owns the federally registered “Tires Plus” trademark; the defendant, Tires Plus Inc., operates a retail tire store of the same name in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The district court dismissed the plaintiffs claims on summary judgment, and we REVERSE.
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The plaintiff began using the name Tires Plus in 1981 for its business of franchising and operating retail tire stores and automobile maintenance centers. In 1983, it registered…
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