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AMERICAN MOTOR INNS, INC. v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC.

No. 74-1911.

521 F.2d 1230 (1975)

AMERICAN MOTOR INNS, INC. v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC., Appellant, International Association of Holiday Inns, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, Newark, N. J., for appellee; Sanford M. Litvack, Paul A. Alexis, Clyde A. Szuch, Newark, N. J., of counsel.

David Berger, P. A., Warren D. Mulloy, Bruce K. Cohen, Warren Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa., Harold Brown, Brown & Leighton, Boston, Mass., for Frank L. Hawkins.

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for appellant; Milton Handler, Fred A. Freund, Elizabeth Head, Richard M. Steuer, New York City, of counsel.

Lowenstein, Sandler, Brochin, Kohl & Fisher, Newark, N. J., Murray J. Laulicht, Newark, N. J., on the brief, for amicus curiae International Ass'n Holiday Inns.

Before HASTIE, ADAMS and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

The largest chain of motor hotels in the nation is operated under the Holiday Inn trademark. Holiday Inns, Inc. (HI), the owner of the trademark, not only licenses the trademark to franchisees who wish to operate Holiday Inns at specified sites, but also owns and manages a number of inns itself. American Motor Inns, Inc. (AMI), HI's largest franchisee, operates 48 Holiday Inns. The antitrust suit which forms the...

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