Hammond, Indiana - Trademark lawyers for Plaintiff Family Express Corporation of Valparaiso, Indiana filed a complaint for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and trademark cancellation in the Northern District of Indiana. The Defendant in this litigation is Square Donuts Inc., which has stores in Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Bloomington and Richmond, Indiana. Defendant owns two registered federal trademarks: SQUARE DONUTS, Trademark Reg. No.4341135 for "café services," and "SQUARE DONUTS" & Design, Trademark Reg. No. 4341136 for "retail bakery shops." It also holds an Indiana State trademark for the mark "Square Donuts, Inc." Both Plaintiff and Defendant sell donuts. The dispute arose in 2006, when a trademark attorney for Defendant Square Donuts sent a letter to Plaintiff Family Express accusing it of "making square donuts and marketing the same under the name 'Square Donuts,'" which it asserted…
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