This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 13, 2006

While Fine Cheeses Age Well, Trademark Disputes Do Not

SAN FRANCISCO - The longtime maker of the ubiquitous Tillamook cheese "has a beef" with a smoked meats and jerky seller from the same region of the Oregon coast.

By Anna Oberthur
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - The longtime maker of the ubiquitous Tillamook cheese "has a beef" with a smoked meats and jerky seller from the same region of the Oregon coast.
      In an opinion Wednesday from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Barry G. Silverman apparently could not resist punning about the trademark dispute between two T...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up