Legal Opinion
Filipino Yellow Pages, Inc. v. Asian Journal Publications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1999No. 98-55366PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the publisher of a telephone directory for the Filipino-American community can establish that the term “Filipino Yellow Pages” is protec-tible under trademark law.
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Roger Lagmay Oriel and Oscar Jorna-cion were partners in four businesses between 1982 and 1986. One of these businesses, Fil-Am Enterprises, Inc. (“Fil-Am”), published the Filipino Directory of California, a telephone directory directed primarily at the Filipino-American community of Southern California. In December 1986, Oriel and Jornacion terminated their business relationship…
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