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SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP v. SHANNON

Record No. 041941.

613 S.E.2d 596 (2005)

270 Va. 104

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, VIRGINIA STATE UNIT, INC. v. Andrew SHANNON, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Kuchinsky, Colonial Heights; Melvin E. Yeamans, Jr., Richmond (Kuchinsky & Yeamans, on brief), for appellant.

Roberta L. Horton (Danielle M. Edwards; James T. Walsh; Arnold & Porter, on brief), Washington, DC, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

LEMONS, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute between two organizations, each of which claims entitlement to the name and service mark, "Southern Christian Leadership Conference" ("SCLC") or some version thereof.1 In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in its judgment that the appellees had a common law right to the name and various service marks superior to that of appellants. For the reasons discussed below, we will...

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