United States Second Circuit

In case brought by Starbucks alleging defendant infringed trademark by selling coffee under the name "Mister Charbucks" or "Mr. Charbucks," judgment for defendant is reversed as the amended Federal Trademark Dilution Act, enacted after the district court's order, applies here and requires that the case be remanded.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2007
• Decided 02/15/2007
• Published 02/15/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before KEARSE and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark N. Mutterperl, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York, NY, John C. Rawls (on the brief), Sarah Silbert (on the brief), Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John-Mark Turner, Christopher Cole (on the brief), Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green, P.A., Manchester, N.H., for Defendant-Appellee.