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VIP Prods. LLC v. Jack Daniel's Props., Inc.

VIP Prods. LLC v. Jack Daniel's Props., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

March 18, 2022, Filed

No. 21-16969

Opinion

ORDER

Appellant's motion for summary affirmance, Dkt. 14, is granted. See Ninth Cir. R. 3-6; United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857 (9th Cir. 1982) (per curiam).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

MANDATE

The judgment of this Court, entered March 18, 2022, takes effect this date.

This constitutes the formal mandate of this [*2]  Court issued pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 14657 *; 2022 WL 1654040

VIP PRODUCTS LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, v. JACK DANIEL'S PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-counter-plaintiff-Appellant.

Notice: PLEASE REFER TO FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE RULE 32.1 GOVERNING THE CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS.

Subsequent History: As Corrected June 1, 2022.

US Supreme Court certiorari granted by Jack Daniel's Props. v. VIP Prods. LLC, 2022 U.S. LEXIS 5172 (U.S., Nov. 21, 2022)

Prior History:  [*1] D.C. No. 2:14-cv-02057-SMM. District of Arizona, Phoenix.

VIP Prods. LLC v. Jack Daniel's Props., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 232410, 2021 WL 5710730 (D. Ariz., Oct. 8, 2021)

Counsel: For VIP PRODUCTS LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, Plaintiff-counter-defendant - Appellee: David G. Bray, Esquire, Bennett Evan Cooper, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Phoenix, AZ; David Nunzio Ferrucci, Esquire, Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Troy, MI.

For JACK DANIEL'S PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-counter-plaintiff - Appellant: Isaac Crum, Messner Reeves, LLP, Phoenix, AZ; Theodore H. Davis, Jr., Esquire, Attorney, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA; Dennis L. Wilson, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Lisa Schiavo Blatt, Attorney, Natalie A. Komrovsky, Attorney, Matthew Nicholson, Amy Saharia, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC.

For INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION, Amicus Curiae: Vijay K. Toke, AT, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, San Francisco, CA.

Judges: Before: TASHIMA, HURWITZ, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.