Legal Opinion
Gte Corporation v. David R. Williams, D/B/A General Telephone
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1990No. 86-2260PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
In this action for infringement of a federally registered service mark, the district court found in favor of defendant David R. Williams. On appeal, plaintiff GTE Corporation (GTE) attacks the legal and factual bases of the court’s decision.
I Background
Plaintiff was formed in 1935 as “General Telephone Corporation.” Its corporate name was changed in 1959 to “General Telephone & Electronics Corporation,” and in 1982 to its current name, “GTE Corporation.” GTE has four principal groups of subsidiaries, one of which is a network of telephone operating companies. Most of…
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