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TEXAS PIG STANDS v. HARD ROCK CAFE INTERN.

Nos. 90-5567, 91-5510.

951 F.2d 684 (1992)

TEXAS PIG STANDS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. HARD ROCK CAFE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. TEXAS PIG STANDS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARD ROCK CAFE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Barber, Louis T. Pirkey, William D. Raman, Arnold, White & Durkee, Austin, Tex., Hull Youngblood, Small, Craig & Werkenthin, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Ted D. Lee, Mark H. Miller, Gunn, Lee & Jackson, Frederick C. Shannon, Jr., Shannon & Weidenbach, San Antonio, Tex., Ralph W. Kalish, Jr., Peter S. Gilster, Donald J. Fitzpatrick, Ralph W. Kalish, Kalish & Gilster, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

We traverse the barbecue heartland of the South to resolve this trademark dispute between Texas Pig Stands, Inc. (TPS), and Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc. ("Hard Rock" or "Hard Rock Cafe"). The controversy centers around the two restaurant chains' use of the term "pig sandwich" to describe a Tennessee dish of barbecued pig meat on wheat or white bun. TPS owns a registration on the term and brought suit contending that Hard Rock's...

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