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VARIETY STORES, INC. v. WALMART INC.

Nos. 19-1601, 19-1631.

VARIETY STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALMART INC., Defendant-Appellant. VARIETY STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WALMART INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark S. Puzella , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

W. Thad Adams, III , SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

ON BRIEF: Mark S. Davies , Hannah Garden-Monheit , Washington, D.C., Elizabeth E. Brenckman , Christopher J. Cariello , Abigail Colella , New York, New York, R. David Hosp , Sheryl Koval Garko , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; William W. Wilkins , Kirsten E. Small , NEXSEN PRUET, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Samuel A. Long, Jr. , Christina D. Trimmer , SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina; Scott P. Shaw , CALL & JENSEN, Newport Beach, California, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with instructions by unpublished opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker joined and Judge King concurred in the judgment. Judge King filed a separate concurrence.

UNPUBLISHED

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Three years ago, we reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Plaintiff-Appellee Variety Stores, Inc. (Variety) in this trademark dispute over use of the term "Backyard" on grills and grilling supplies. See Variety...

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