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GOPETS LTD. v. HISE

Nos. 08-56110, 08-56112, 08-56114.

657 F.3d 1024 (2011)

GOPETS LTD., a limited liability Korean corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward HISE, an individual, Defendant-Appellant, and Joseph Hise, an individual; Digital Overture, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants. GoPets Ltd., a limited liability Korean corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Hise, an individual, Defendant, Digital Overture, Inc., a California corporation, Defendant, and Joseph Hise, an individual, Defendant-Appellant. GoPets Ltd., a limited liability Korean corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Hise, an individual; Joseph Hise, an individual, Defendants, and Digital Overture, Inc., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen Firestein , Robert H. Horn , Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff/appellee.

Edward Hise , Pro se, Simi Valley, CA, Joseph Hise , Pro se, Simi Valley, CA, Stephen Hume Sturgeon , Stephen H. Sturgeon & Associates, Potomac, MD, for the defendants/appellants.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA") prohibits "cybersquatters" from registering internet domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to registered service marks and trademarks. See 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1). The prohibition contained in § 1125(d)(1) applies when a domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a mark that is distinctive "at the time of registration of the...

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