Addressing whether the district court correctly found a
likelihood of confusion as a matter of law between two
"identical" logos arranged around a stylized bird, the US
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district
court's grant of summary judgment and upheld as modified an
injunction prohibiting use of the infringing logo. Alliance for Good Gov't v. Coalition for
Better Gov't, Case No. 17-30859 (5th Cir. Aug. 22,
2018) (Duncan, J).
The Alliance for Good Government and the Coalition for Better
Government are both nonprofit civic organizations that operate in
New Orleans, Louisiana, and endorse candidates for office. In 1969,
the Alliance created its logo, a design with its name in blue type
on a rectangular white background arranged around an eagle. The
Coalition's logo, adopted decades later, features a design with
the Coalition's name in white type on a rectangular blue
background arranged around a hawk. As the Fifth Circuit aptly
recognized,
