United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's use of "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" on her personal website's headlines, banner ads and metatags was correctly determined to be nominative use of plaintiff's marks, primarily because defendant was in fact a former playmate of the year.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2002
• Published 02/01/2002

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before:  B. FLETCHER, T.G. NELSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony Glassman,Glassman, Browning & Saltsman, Beverly Hills, California;  Ronald M. Johnston, Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Noonan, Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat LLP, San Diego, California;  Jay S. Kopelowitz, Kopelowitz & Associates, San Diego, California;  Darren J. Quinn, Law Offices of Darren J. Quinn, San Diego, California, for the defendants-appellees.