Date: 08-28-2001

Case Style: Strick Corp. v. Strickland

Case Number: 00-CV-3343

Judge: Bruce W. Kaufman

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Plaintiff's Attorney: Michael F. Synder of Seidel, Gonda, Lavorgna & Monaco, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Defendant's Attorney: Carl Oppedahl and Marina T. Larson of Oppedahl & Larson, Dillon, Colorado and John B. Berryhill of Dann Dorfman Herrell and Skillman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Description: Trademark Infringement - James B. Strickland registered Internet domain strick.com after finding that Strickland.com was already taken. Stickland, an independent computer consultant and software developer, has been called "Strick" since boyhood, so he registered strick.com. Strick Corporation, a manufacturer of tractor-trailers, brought suit claiming and unfair competition and trademark dilution.

Strickland moved for summary judgment claimed that Strick could not prove that consumers would be confused about plaintiff's goods and defendant's services.

Outcome: Unknown

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None