College Network, Inc. v. Moore Educational Publishers, Inc.

College Network, Inc. v. Moore Educational Publishers, Inc.
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Full case name	College Network, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Moore Educational Publishers, Inc. doing business as iStudySmart, Defendant-Appellee, Debra K. Moore, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee
Decided	May 12, 2010
Citation(s)	No. 09-50596, 2010 WL 1923763 (5th Cir. May 12, 2010)
Case history
Appealed from	United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Court membership
Judges sitting	Carolyn Dineen King, Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., James L. Dennis
Case opinions
Court vacated the tortious interference relief awarded to Moore Educational, but otherwise affirmed the district court ruling.
Decision by	Per curiam
Keywords
Defamation, trademark infringement

College Network, Inc. v. Moore Educational Publishers, Inc., No. 09-50596 (5th Cir. 2010) was an unpublished appellate level case in the Fifth Circuit that upheld a district court jury decision to dismiss the purchase of trademarked keywords as infringing. The original suit was brought on a claim of trademark infringement in the purchase of certain advertising keywords that the defendant countered with claims of defamation and tortious interference, also known as intentional interference with contractual relations. The main issue addressed in the appeal was the sufficiency of the evidence presented in the counterclaims of the defendant. The court upheld the lower court's ruling, but vacated the award for tortious interference.^[1]