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Intellectual Property
Trademark Infringement
Business Interference

Java Jazz v. Ogden Entertainment

Published: Mar. 18, 2003 | Result Date: Feb. 18, 2003 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: CV995555AHM Verdict –  $0

Judge

A. Howard Matz

Court

USDC Central


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Surjit P. Soni

M. Danton Richardson


Defendant

Jeffrey C. Briggs
(Briggs Law)


Facts

The plaintiff Java Jazz Inc. operates coffee shops selling gourmet coffee and other food items and merchandise, such as hats and T-shirts using the mark "Jazzland" and a logo therefor in Northern California and Arizona. The Marks were federally registered in 1994. The defendant Jazzland Inc. operated an amusement park in New Orleans, La., called Jazzland from May 2000 to August 2002. The defendant had registered Jazzland for an amusement park in the state of Louisiana in 1991.

Deliberation

1.5 hours

Length

four days


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