SAUL ZAENTZ COMPANY v. Wozniak Travel, Inc.

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• finding the defendant would suffer economic prejudice even though it chose its business name with full knowledge of the plaintiffs mark
• finding the move to internet sales “was the natural outgrowth of [the defendant’s] existing business,” and “the fact that [plaintiff’s] internet sales predate [defendant’s] sales is immaterial”
• reaching a similar conclusion where the defendant had spent millions of dollars on advertising, appeared on television promoting its business, and generated substantial goodwill under its existing name
• \[S]ummary judgment is still appropriate in trademark suits when no dispute remains as to genuine issues of material fact.\
• evidentiary prejudice arises from lost, stale, or degraded evidence; faded memories and witnesses who have died; expectation based prejudice derives from a party “taking actions or suffering consequences that it would not have, had the plaintiff brought the suit promptly.”

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