VIACOM INTERN. v. IJR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, L.L.C.

No. 17-20334.

891 F.3d 178 (2018)

VIACOM INTERNATIONAL, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IJR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Paul Meleen, Tyson David Smith, Pirkey Barber, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Karen Bryant Tripp, Esq., Christopher F. Schaefer, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


Viacom International, Inc. (Viacom) sued IJR Capital Investments, L.L.C. (IJR) for infringing on its common law trademark of The Krusty Krab — a fictional restaurant in the popular "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated television series — after IJR took steps to open seafood restaurants using the same name...

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