Cumulus Media, Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

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• recognizing that preliminary injunctions are, by their nature, products of an expedited process often based upon an undeveloped and incomplete evidentiary record
• holding that an evidentiary hearing is required for entry of a preliminary injunction “where facts are bitterly contested and credibility determinations must be made to decide whether injunctive relief should issue.”
• noting that announcement of a company’s name change “does not alone serve to make a prima facie showing of abandonment,” instead the party alleging abandonment “must also introduce evidence of nonuse”
• approving the scope of a preliminary injunction under the safe-distance rule
• \[A] defendant who successfully shows that a trademark plaintiff has abandoned a mark is free to use the mark[.]\
• “Preliminary injunctions are, by their nature, products of an expedited process often based upon an underdeveloped and incomplete evidentiary record.”

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