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Summit Capital Dismisses Declaratory Judgment Action Against Summit Partners

By Michael Atkins

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Summit%20Partners%20Logo.gif As STL readers may recall, on Dec. 28 Seattle-based Summit Capital Group, LLC, and affiliated financial services companies filed suit in the Western District against the Boston-based Summit Partners, LP, venture capital firm, seeking a declaration of non-infringement and non-dilution of the defendant’s SUMMIT PARTNERS trademark. Plaintiffs claimed they had used SUMMIT CAPITAL PARTNERS since at least 1986. Defendants’ demand letter to plaintiffs giving rise to the lawsuit claimed it had used SUMMIT PARTNERS, SUMMIT CAPITAL PARTNERS, and SUMMIT PARTNERS VENTURE FUND names and marks since 1984.

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The parties apparently have settled their differences. On May 2, Summit Capital filed a Voluntary Notice of Dismissal with Prejudice seeking dismissal of its claims without fees or costs to any party. The parties appear to have begun discussions soon after the suit was filed since the docket shows no substantive filings other than the complaint. Defendants never filed an answer.

The case cite is Summit Capital Group, LLC v. Summit Partners, LP, No. 07-2082 (W.D. Wash.).

Full post as published by Seattle Trademark Lawyer on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).