Nonlawyer Bests Toyota’s Counsel in 9th Circuit Trademark Case

July 9, 2010 By Editor Leave a Comment

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories
Lisa Tabari is not a lawyer. But she took on an auto giant’s corporate lawyers in a trademark dispute and won. A federal appeals court Thursday lifted an injunction barring Tabari and her husband, Farzad, from using the word Lexus in a family-owned business that specializes in connecting would-be Lexus owners and dealers, the Recorder reported. A district court judge had barred the couple from using the domain names buy-a-lexus.com and buyorleaselexus.com in their online business, saying they infringed on the trademark of the auto giant Toyota, Lexus’ corporate parent. But the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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