United States Ninth Circuit

In an action arising from a very close imitation of the state DMV's website by a private, commercial website and alleging unfair competition and false advertising, judgment of the district court is affirmed in part and reversed in part where the court held that defendants violated section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1125(a), but rejected plaintiff's state unfair competition claims with an injunction ordering the defendants to publish a disclaimer on its website, while denying plaintiffs' monetary relief and attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/28/2011
• Published 07/28/2011

Judges

• KOZINSKI

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eileen R. Ridley, David N. Makous