Famed Dan Tana’s in Hollywood Not Likely To Be Confused With Dantanna’s in Atlanta

The owner, founder, and operator of the famed Los Angeles eatery Dan Tana’s , failed to establish a likelihood of confusion in a trademark infringement case against similarly-named restaurants in Atlanta, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled July 15 (Tana v. Dantanna’s).

Affirming a lower court’s grant of summary judgment against the Hollywood restaurateur, the court further dashed any hopes the common-law trademark holder may have had to use the name by expansion into other markets, absent a cancellation of the Atlanta restaurant name at the Patent and Trademark Office.

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