The probable harm to Hasbro from defendants' conduct outweighs any inconvenience that defendants will experience if they are required to stop using the CANDYLAND name.Ħ. Hasbro has shown that defendants' use of the CANDY LAND name and the domain name in connection with their Internet site is causing irreparable injury to Hasbro.ĥ. section 1125(c), and the Washington State trademark anti-dilution statute, RCW 19.77.160.Ĥ. Hasbro has demonstrated a likelihood of prevailing on its claims that defendants conduct violates the federal trademark anti-dilution statute, 15 U.S.C. (collectively referred to as "defendants") have been diluting the value of Hasbro's CANDY LAND mark by using the name CANDYLAND to identify a sexually explicit Internet site, and by using the name string "" as an Internet domain name which, when typed into an Internet-connected computer, provides Internet users with access to that site.ģ. Hasbro has demonstrated a probability of proving that defendants Internet Entertainment Group, Ltd., Brian Cartmell and Internet Entertainment Group, Inc. Hasbro is the owner of the trademark "CANDY LAND," which has been registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1951,Ģ. Having considered all papers submitted in support of said motion and in opposition thereto, and having heard oral argument in open court, the court finds that:ġ. After the oral decision was announced, the parties agreed that the ruling should be entered on a preliminary injunction rather than merely as a temporary restraining order.
Russell Tarleton of the law firm of Graham James LLP/Riddell Williams P.S. Defendants Internet Entertainment Group, Ltd., Brian Cartmell and Internet Entertainment Group, Inc. Bowman of the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP. Meckfessel of the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, and Jill D. ("Hasbro") for a temporary restraining order came on for hearing by the court. On February 5, 1996, the application of plaintiff Hasbro, Inc. Internet Entertainment Group United States District Court, W.D.