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United States or Spain. In December 1983, A. Gelabert filed an
application for a business license with the State of Florida.
The business name on the application was Medieval Times. From
1983 to 1987, the Medieval Times trademark and logo continued to
evolve and the stationery and business cards bore different
lettering styles and designs. The Rocaberti shield was used in
some instances, and, in other instances, a picture of a castle
was used on stationery.
Hokanson, at LL, performed trademark and copyright
registration work for the Medieval Times companies in 1986 and
1987. Originally, MANV was identified as the client. Invoices
for LL’s services on October 24, 1986, and May 22, 1987, were
sent to MANV in Buena Park, California. Hokanson relied on the
information provided to him by A. Gelabert, Forsyth, Santandreu,
and Onate with regard to the ownership of the trademark.
Hokanson made no independent inquiries into the ownership of the
trademarks.
A letter dated October 17, 1986, from A. Gelabert to
Hokanson stated: “Names of corporation which will register the
trademark of Medieval Times will be GATETOWN LTD. (Limited),
incorporated in England on June 22, 1985.”
LL filed to register the marks “Medieval Times” and
“Medieval Times with Design” in California and Florida in
February 1987. The Medieval Times mark consisted of the words
“Medieval Times”. The Medieval Times with design mark consisted
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