On Monday July 12, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer rendered a decision that Intel Corp.’s (Intel) lawsuit against Americas News Intel Publishing, LLC (ANIP) survived ANIP’s motion to dismiss.
The case is Intel Corporation v. Americas News Intel Publishing, LLC, U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of California. 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 69386 (N.D. Cal. July 12, 2010). No. C 09-05085 CRB.
From the facts alleged in its complaint, Plaintiff Intel is a “a world-famous company that develops, manufactures and sells a wide variety of computer, communications and Internet-related products and services,” Compl. P 11, and that “over eighty-six percent (86%) of the general public who associate the term ‘intel’ with any word, definition, or mark, associate the term with Intel Corportation.” Compl. P 12.
