Legal Opinion
Express Franchise Services, L.P. v. Impact Outsourcing Solutions, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 20, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION FILE NUMBER 3:16-cv-147-TCBPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Timothy C. Batten, Sr. United States District Judge
This case comes before the Court on Plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction [20] and Defendants’ motion to dismiss [21].
I. Factual Background1
Plaintiff Express Franchise Services, L.P. operates more than seven hundred franchise locations throughout the United States and Canada, through which it provides a wide range of contract staffing, recruiting, and human-resource services-. In connection with that business, it and its franchisees use certain registered marks, including “EXPRESS,” “EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS,” and an “X”…
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