Dreamwerks Production Group, Inc. v. Skg Studio, Dba Dreamworks Skg

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1998-04-21

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KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge. Dreamwerks, a company hardly anyone has heard of, sues entertainment colossus DreamWorks SKG, claiming trademark infringement. This is the reverse of the normal trademark infringement case, where the well-known mark goes after a look-alike, sound-alike, feel-alike unknown which is trying to cash in on the famous mark’s goodwill. The twist here is that…

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