United States Fourth Circuit

In dispute over trademark registration sought by Portuguese company and opposed by British conglomerate, denial of defendant's request to compel an appearance of a representative of plaintiff under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) is reversed as the subpoena was valid and plaintiff corporation, as the subject of the subpoena, was required to obey it.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/16/2007
• Decided 12/27/2007
• Published 12/28/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  James Wilson Dabney, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellant.  Douglas Vernon Rigler, Young & Thompson, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Darcy M. Goddard, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellant.  Andrew J. Patch, Jeff Goehring, Young & Thompson, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellee.