Legal Opinion
International Stamp Art, Inc. v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2006No. 05-13492PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant, International Stamp Art, Incorporated (“ISA”) appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, the United States Postal Service (“Postal Service”) with respect to the Postal Service’s assertion of fair use in response to ISA’s allegations of trademark infringement. The appeal requires us to determine the appropriate legal standard for good faith with respect to a fair-use defense in this context, an issue of first impression for us. Because we join four other circuits in holding that the legal standard is the same as for any other trademark infringement…
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