Consumerinfo.com, Inc. v. Money Management International, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

Money Management International (“MMI”) appeals a partial grant of summary judgment and a partial grant of attorneys’ fees to ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. (“Consumerlnfo”). We reverse, therefore vacating the award of attorneys’ fees, and remand for trial on the issue of prior use.

We review de novo a district court’s grant or denial of summary judgment. Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. Thompson, 363 F.3d 1013 , 1019 (9th Cir.2004). We must determine, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmov-ing party, whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the substantive law. See Olsen v. Idaho State Bd. of Med., 363 F.3d 916 , 922 (9th Cir.2004).

In order to prevail on its trademark infringement and related claims, Consum-erlnfo must show that MMI’s mark is 1) “confusingly similar” to Consumerlnfo’s mark and 2) that Consumerlnfo’s mark is “valid [and] protectable.” Brookfield Commc’ns, Inc. v. W. Coast Entm’t Corp., 174 F.3d 1036, 1046 (9th Cir.1999) (reciting the elements for trademark infringement); see Entrepreneur Media, Inc. v. Smith, 279 F.3d 1135, 1153 (9th Cir.2002) (explaining that unfair…