Trippe Manufacturing Company v. American Power Conversion Corporation

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• holding that no actual controversy existed because declaratory judgment defendant had not threatened trademark infringement suit and totality of circumstances did not reasonably suggest that suit was imminent
• holding that no actual controversy existed because declarato-iy judgment defendant had not threatened trademark infringement suit and totality of circumstances did not reasonably suggest that suit was imminent
• explaining that courts make actual controversy determinations based on “the facts existing at the time the complaint is filed.”
• stating that “apprehension [of suit] alone, if not inspired by defendant’s actions, does not give rise to an actual controversy”
• district court did not abuse discretion in dismissing first-filed declaratory judgment claim where the defendant filed a parallel trademark infringe- ment action
• district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing a first-filed declaratory judgment claim where the defendant filed a parallel trademark infringement action

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