LEE v. ANTHONY LAWRENCE COLLECTION, L.L.C.

No. 20-30796.

47 F.4th 262 (2022)

Paige LEE; Business Moves Consulting, Incorporated; Brandmixer, Incorporated; Curtis Bordenave, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANTHONY LAWRENCE COLLECTION, L.L.C.; Defron Fobb; Thaddeus Reed, also known as Reed Enterprise; Collegiate Licensing Company, L.L.C., incorrectly sued as Learfield Communications, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Tillman Lilly , Lilly, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kenneth L. Tolar , Brad E. Harrigan, Esq. , Tolar Harrigan & Morris, L.L.C., Patrick Dominic DeRouen, Esq. , Attorney, DeRouen Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Anthony Lawrence Collection, L.L.C., Defron Fobb.

David King Persons, Esq. , Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Thaddeus Reed, also known as Reed Enterprise.

Kent Andrew Lambert , Benjamin West Janke , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Collegiate Licensing Company, L.L.C., incorrectly sued as Learfield Communications, L.L.C.

Before Jolly, Elrod, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Curtis Bordenave and Paige Lee are in the business of owning trademarks. They petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office for federal registration of the mark "THEEILOVE" (and other similar marks). That phrase, "Thee I Love," comes from the alma mater of Jackson State University. They then sued...

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