Modular Cinemas of America, Inc. v. Mini Cinemas Corp.

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• holding that neither incorporation nor mere advertisement demonstrated use sufficient to establish statutory prior user defense because trademark rights are not acquired through adoption or intention to use but, rather, through actual use in trade
• “There is no such thing as property in a trademark except a right pertaining to an established business with which the mark is employed.”

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