United States Second Circuit
American National Theatre & Academy v. American National Theatre Inc., 07-0477
Denial of plaintiff-non-profit organization's motion to enjoin defendant organization from using a similar name is affirmed where 36 U.S.C. Section 21904 granted plaintiff exclusive use only of the precise name "The American National Theater and Academy" appearing in the statute, "nothing more, and nothing less."
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/24/2008
- Published 07/24/2008
Judges
- PER CURIAM:, Before: CALABRESI and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Eric J. Shimanoff, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Claudia Ray (Matthew Dineen, Melanie Bradley, Alexander Fong & Kendall Burr, on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.