United States Ninth Circuit

The noncommercial use of a trademark as the domain name of a website, the subject of which is consumer commentary about the products and services represented by the mark, does not constitute infringement under the Lanham Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/08/2005
• Decided 04/04/2005
• Published 04/04/2005

Judges

• SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  T.G. NELSON, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Diana M. Torres, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Alan Levy, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee.