Official Airline Guides, Inc. v. Goss

856 F.2d 85 8 U.S.P.Q.2d 1157 OFFICIAL AIRLINE GUIDES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mindy GOSS; Sandy Vanderzanden, doing business as Mindy's Answering Service; Churchfield Publications, Inc.; Ashbyweb Limited Company, dba American Concepts; Anne-Lise Fleisher, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-3613. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 8, 1988. Decided Sept. 1, 1988. Richard E. Alexander, Alexander, Unikel, Zalewa & Tenenbaum, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant. Dennis E. Stenzel, Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before GOODWIN, SKOPIL and NELSON, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Chief Judge: 1 Official Airline Guides, Inc. (OAG) appeals an order denying a preliminary injunction against the use by appellees Ashbyweb 1 of the term "Travel Planner." We affirm the denial of the preliminary injunction but remand for consideration of permanent relief on the merits. 2 Since 1963, OAG has, through its predecessor, continuously used its federally registered trademark "OAG Travel Planner." When OAG's predecessor…