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The Ninth Circuit's Comedy Club, Inc. v. Improv West Associates decision is no laughing matter for franchisors
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- February 25 2009
After obtaining a sweeping nationwide injunction from an arbitrator that enjoined licensee Comedy Club, Inc. (“CCI”) from opening any new comedy clubs until 2019 pursuant to a trademark license agreement, licensorcompetitor Improv West Associates (“Improv”) could not have been in the mood for laughs when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit modified the arbitrator’s injunction by significantly narrowing its scope and breadth
