Legal Opinion
Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. v. Sportswear, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 2017No. 15-13830PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORDAN, Circuit Judge:
“Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery,” Charles C. Colton, Lacón, Vol. 1, No. 183 (1820-22), in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations 393:5 (16th ed. 1992), but when the imitation consists of commercial reproduction for profit, all bets are off. So when Sportswear, Inc. began using the federally-registered service marks of the Savannah College of Art and Design without a license to sell apparel and other goods on its website, SCAD did not take kindly to the copying and sued for equitable and monetary relief. SCAD asserted a number of claims against Sportswear,…
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