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8th Circuit allows franchisor to register trademark that was first used by licensee

By Jim Singer

In  Pinnacle Pizza Inc. v. Little Caesars Enterprises (8th Cir. Mar. 22, 2010), the U.S. Court of Appeals was faced with a dispute filed by Pinnacle Pizza, a South Dakota-based Little Caesars Pizza franchisee, agains Little Caesars Enterprises (LCE).   Among other things, Pinnacle asserted that in 1997 it began using the phrase HOT-N-READY in ads.  Later that year, [...]

Full post as published by IP Spotlight on March 26, 2010 (boomark / email).