Court Opinion

ID: 9733147
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:54:43.235473+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:38.766096
License: Public Domain

SHORT, Judge
(concurring specially).
I concur only because Reward Corporation failed to use the reserved names in the course of commerce and thus did not gain a protectible interest in the trade names. See Allen Homes, Inc. v. Weersing, 510 F.2d 360, 362 (8th Cir.1975), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 998, 95 S.Ct. 2395, 44 L.Ed.2d 665 (1975); Aveda Corp. v. Evita Marketing, Inc., 706 F.Supp. 1419, 1427 (D.Minn.1989). Reward’s failure to use the names makes it unnecessary for us to address any issues regarding the propriety of its reservation or use of the names.