ABRAHAM v. ALPHA CHI OMEGA

No. 12-10525.

702 F.3d 192 (2012)

Thomas Kenneth ABRAHAM, doing business as Paddle Tramps Manufacturing Company, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. ALPHA CHI OMEGA; Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity Incorporated; Alpha Delta Pi; Alpha Delta Sorority Corporation; Alpha Gamma Delta; et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Scott Levinger (argued), Levinger, P.C., Elizann Carroll , Molly Buck Richard , Richard Law Group, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Jack Allen Wheat (argued), Lindsay Yeakel Capps , Stites & Harbison, P.L.L.C., Louisville, KY, David Ronald Reneker , Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Before JONES, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Kenneth Abraham ("Abraham"), doing business as Paddle Tramps Manufacturing Company ("Paddle Tramps"), appeals the district court's order granting a partial preliminary injunction against his use of trademarks belonging to 32 fraternity and sorority organizations (the "Greek Organizations"). The Greek Organizations cross-appeal the limitation on the injunction. We AFFIRM.

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