N.A.A.C.P. v. N.A.A.C.P. LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC.

No. 83-1719.

753 F.2d 131 (1985)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, aka NAACP v. N.A.A.C.P. LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1985.

As Amended February 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Topkis, New York City, of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court and William T. Coleman, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Daniel Joseph, Randall L. Sarosdy and Barrington D. Parker, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant. Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Edward W. Brooke, Washington, D.C., with whom Barry J. Cutler and Judith Hall Howard, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MIKVA and BORK, Circuit Judges, and BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Two civil rights organizations contend for the right to use the initials "NAACP" as their trademark. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the Association) alleges that the continued use of the NAACP initials by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (the LDF) constitutes a trademark infringement.1 The...

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