No. 20-1391

Sportswear, Inc., dba Prep Sportswear v. Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split consumer-confusion federal-registration intellectual-property related-goods service-mark trademark-infringement unrelated-goods
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Antitrust Trademark Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the scope of a service mark extend to unrelated goods bearing that service mark?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the scope of a service mark extend to unrelated goods bearing that service mark? 2. Does the defendant’s copying of a mark, without proof of consumer confusion as to the source of the parties’ goods or services, establish trademark infringement merely because consumers recognize the mark? ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS Sportswear, Inc., d/b/a PrepSportswear v. Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc., No. 17-1816 (U.S.) Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. v. Sportswear, Inc., d/b/a PrepSportswear, No. 19-11258 (11th Cir.) Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. v. Sportswear, Inc., d/b/a PrepSportswear, No. 15-13830 (11th Cir.) Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. v. Sportswear, Inc., d/b/a PrepSportswear, No. 1:14-cv02288-TWT (N.D. Ga.)

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-27
Reply of petitioner Sportswear, Inc., d/b/a Prep Sportswear filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2021-07-12
Brief of respondent Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. in opposition filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2021-06-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 12, 2021.
2021-05-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 11, 2021 to July 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2021-05-12
Response Requested. (Due June 11, 2021)
2021-05-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
2021-05-04
Waiver of right of respondent Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-03-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 5, 2021)
PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc.
Gregory George Garre — Latham & Watkins LLP, Respondent
William Andrew Pequignot — Moore Pequignot LLC, Respondent
Sportswear, Inc., d/b/a Prep Sportswear
Adam G. Unikowsky — Jenner & Block LLP, Petitioner