GUESTHOUSE INTERN. v. SHONEY'S NORTH AM.

No. M2008-02567-COA-R3-CV.

330 S.W.3d 166 (2010)

GUESTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, LLC v. SHONEY'S NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION and Sholand, LLC.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Nashville.

March 18, 2010.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court September 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene N. Bulso, Jr. , and Melissa Ballengee Alexander , Nashville, Tennessee, for Plaintiff/Appellant, GuestHouse International, LLC.

William L. Harbison and J. Scott Hickman , Nashville, Tennessee, and Mark S. VanderBroek , Atlanta, Georgia, for Defendant/Appellee, Shoney's North America Corporation.

Robb S. Harvey and Richard G. Sanders, Jr. , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Sholand, LLC.


OPINION

HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

This appeal involves a licensing agreement for service marks protected under trademark laws. One of the defendants is the owner of the service marks, which are used at both restaurants and motels. This original owner of the service marks sold the motel business along with the service marks, but it retained the restaurant...

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