Legal Opinion
Comedy Club, Inc. v. Improv West Associates
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2009No. 05-55739, 05-56100PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
On June 13, 1999, Comedy Club, Inc. and AI Copeland Investments, Inc. (collectively “CCI”) executed a Trademark License Agreement (“Trademark Agreement”) with Improv West Associates (“Improv West”) that granted CCI an exclusive nationwide license to use Improv West’s trademarks. A few years later, CCI breached the agreement and sought to protect its interests in the trademarks in federal district court by filing a declaratory judgment action. After a complex procedural history, the parties were left with an arbitration award and two district court orders, one order…
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