Australian Gold, Inc. v. Hatfield

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• holding that the use of a competitor’s trademarks on a company’s own website, in addition to bidding in search advertising auctions, violated the Lanham Act
• agreeing with other courts that, pursuant to Section 1441(b), “‘John Does’ are disregarded for purposes of removal on the basis of diversity of citizenship”
• explaining \[i]nitial interest confusion results when a consumer seeks a particular trademark holder's product and instead is lured to the product of a competitor by the competitor's use of the same or similar mark\
• explaining “[i]nitial interest confusion results when a consumer seeks a particular trademark holder’s product and instead is lured to the product of a competitor by the competitor’s use of the same or similar mark”
• finding the court did not abuse its discretion in finding no trade secret protection where the information was known outside the defendant’s business, known by em- ployees and others in the business, and easily acquired by others
• trial court ordered sourcing discovery where complaint alleged tortious interference relating to defendant reseller's purchases from plaintiff's authorized distributors

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