United States Fourth Circuit

In a trademark infringement action concerning the term "OBX," summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where "OBX" was purely a geographically descriptive mark with no secondary meaning.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/27/2009
• Published 02/27/2009

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and LIAM O'GRADY, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Alice Carmichael Richey, K & L Gates, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.  Pamela Anne Bresnahan, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Washington, D.C., for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.   ON BRIEF:  Daniel V. Mumford, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.  Elizabeth Treubert Simon, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Washington, D.C.;  Reid L. Phillips, David W. Sar, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.