NAT. ASS'N OF PROF. BASEBALL LEAGUES v. VERY MINOR LEAGUES

Nos. 99-6007, 99-6008.

223 F.3d 1143 (2000)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. VERY MINOR LEAGUES, INC., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Tilly, Tilly & Associates, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Douglas E. Hart, Frost & Jacobs LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before EBEL, HOLLOWAY, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.


BACKGROUND

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc. ("Professional Baseball Leagues") owns the trademark "Professional Baseball The Minor Leagues" and its accompanying logo. Very Minor Leagues, Inc. ("Very Minor Leagues") is an Oklahoma corporation that manufactures, markets, and sells baseball caps and t-shirts featuring the names and logos of fictitious baseball teams.1

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