ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS, INC. v. NORRIS

No. 04 Civ. 7877 (RJS).

627 F.Supp.2d 103 (2008)

ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS, INC., d/b/a The Conde Nast Publications, Bacardi & Company Limited, Sidney Frank Importing Company, Inc., and EventQuest, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Jay NORRIS, Norris/Nelson Entertainment, Inc., and Tastemakers Media, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Vassallo, Esq., Tila Marie Duhaime, Esq., and Timothy Joseph Kelly, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Paul A. Chin, Esq., Law Offices of Paul A. Chin, New York, NY, and Paul Andrew Marber, Esq., The Cochran Firm, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, District Judge:

This trademark infringement action centers on the parties' respective rights to use the word "Tastemakers" in connection with their commercial activities. Defendants Jay Norris ("Norris"), Norris/Nelson Entertainment, Inc., and Tastemakers Media, LLC (collectively, "Defendants") contend that they possess protectable trademark rights in the nonstylized text "Tastemakers."

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