Orson Welles | Gideon Welles | Richard Hastings, Baron Welles | Me and Orson Welles | Around the World with Orson Welles | Harry Welles Rusk | William Welles | Welles Crowther | This is Orson Welles | Terri Welles | Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby | Orson Welles Cinema | Mel Welles | Larom-Welles Cottage | Joseph Welles Henderson | Jennifer Welles | Ellen and Charles F. Welles House |
Credited in 1928, along with F.R. Welles and Charles A. Brown, with donating 100 acres of land that would become Pilot Butte State Scenic View in Bend, Oregon.
The Plaintiff was relying on the decision in Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corp., to support the contention that the Defendant’s use of Playboy trademark in her web site infringes on its trademark by causing likelihood of confusion shown on the basis of initial interest confusion.
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This intent was relevant since the court in Brookfield stated that in “Dr. Seuss, the Ninth Circuit explicitly recognized that the use of another’s trademark in a manner calculated to capture initial consumer attention, even though no actual sale is finally completed as a result of the confusion, may be still an infringement.” Brookfield at 1062.
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles was a United States district court case between former 1981 Playboy Playmate of the Year ("PMOY") Terri Welles and Playboy Enterprises, Inc. in which Welles was accused of trademark infringement and trademark dilution in her use of Playboy's trademarked terms in the metatags of her website.