Legal Opinion
Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1999No. 98-56918PublishedCited by 761 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must venture into cyberspace to determine whether federal trademark and unfair competition laws prohibit a video rental store chain from using an entertainment-industry information provider’s trademark in the domain name of its web site and in its web site’s metatags.
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Brookfield Communications, Inc. (“Brookfield”) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction prohibiting West Coast Entertainment Corporation (“West Coast”) from using in commerce terms confusingly similar to Brookfield’s trademark, “MovieBuff.” Brookfield gathers…
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