United States Ninth Circuit
Au-Tomotive Gold, Inc. v. Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 04-16174
The Lanham Act prevents a maker of automobile accessories from selling, without a license or other authorization, products bearing exact replicas of the trademarks of Volkswagen and Audi, and Volkswagen and Audi's marks were not functional aspects of the products.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/14/2006
- Decided 08/11/2006
- Published 08/11/2006
Judges
- McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and H. RUSSEL HOLLAND, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Gregory D. Phillips, Howard, Phillips & Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT; Scott R. Ryther, Howard, Phillips & Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT, for the defendant-appellant., H. Kenneth Kudon, Kudon Law Firm, Potomac, MD, for the plaintiff-appellee.