USA: Hoop Culture, Inc. v. Gap Inc, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, No. 15-13818, 28 April 2016

Without proof that Hoop Culture would be irreparably injured in the absence of its requested preliminary injunction enjoining clothing retailer Gap from infringing Hoop Culture’s “EAT…SLEEP…BALL.®” trademark, Hoop Culture was not entitled to its requested relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta has decided (Hoop Culture, Inc. v. Gap Inc., April 28, 2016, per curiam). Thus, a ruling by the federal district court in Orlando was affirmed.

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