United States Eighth Circuit

Grant of summary judgment for defendants on a claim of trademark infringement is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding there was no likelihood of confusion between plaintiff's "Earth Protector" trademark, and defendants' use of the name for a fictional company in a movie.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2005
• Published 12/05/2005

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nathan A. Busch, argued, St. Louis Park, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Barry Klaas, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Sri K. Sankaran and Heather D. Redmond, on the brief), for appellee.