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· 2/23/1987

Kappa Sigma Fraternity v. Kappa Sigma Gamma Fraternity

Citations

  • 654 F. Supp. 1095
  • 2 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1330
  • 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1312

How courts have described this case

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  • awarding fees based on defendant’s willful and deliberate exploitation of plaintiffs mark
  • awarding fees based on defendant's willful and deliberate exploitation of plaintiff's mark
  • summary judgment granted in favor of the national Kappa Sigma Fraternity against a local chapter
  • the local chapter’s “motive in selecting a variant of ‘Kappa Sigma’ as the chapter name and in keeping the name ‘The Kappa Sigma House, Inc.’ as a fraternity house name is more than ‘suspect’ . . . it is manifestly flawed.”

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Judges: Devine

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