Legal Opinion

Southern California Darts Assn v. Dino M. Zaffina

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 11, 2014No. 13-55780PublishedCited by 144 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WOLF, Senior District Judge:

The district court entered summary judgment for plaintiff-appellee Southern California Darts Association (“SoCal”) and issued a permanent injunction enjoining defendant-appellant Dino M. Zaffina from using certain marks that have been used by SoCal for several decades. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

For forty years or more, SoCal has promoted the competitive play of the game of darts and has coordinated league play of this game. For a time, beginning in the 1960s, members of SoCal formed and ran a corporation named…

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