World Triathlon Corp. v. Dawn Syndicated, No. 07-14631 (11th Cir. 2008)

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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 07-14631 ________________________ FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT December 18, 2008 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK D. C. Docket No. 05-00983-CV-T-27-EAJ WORLD TRIATHLON CORPORATION, INC., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DAWN SYNDICATED PRODUCTIONS, a Delaware Corporation, TELEPICTURES PRODUCTIONS, a Delaware Corporation, WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware Corporation, WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION, INC, a Delaware Corporation, WMOR-TV COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _________________________ (December 18, 2008) Before WILSON and COX , Circuit Judges and ALBRITTON,* District Judge. PER CURIAM: World Triathlon Corporation ( WTC ) filed suit against Dawn Syndicated Productions, et al. ( Dawn ), alleging that Dawn s use of the term Ironman in its reality dating television series ElimiDATE infringed on WTC s registered trademark. WTC further alleged that Dawn diluted WTC s Ironman trademark by associating it with ElimiDATE. The district court granted summary judgment for Dawn on both issues. Having reviewed the briefs and considered the relevant parts of the record, and after the benefit of oral argument, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court s well-reasoned order granting Dawn s dispositive motion for summary judgment, dated September 28, 2007. AFFIRMED. _________________________ *Honorable William H. Albritton, III, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, sitting by designation. 2

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