Hasbro v. Internet Entertainment Group

Citation: Hasbro, Inc. v. Internet Entertainment Group, Ltd., 1996 WL 84853, 40 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1479 (W.D. Wash, Feb. 9, 1996).

Hasbro Inc., the owner of the trademark Candyland for children's games, successfully sought a preliminary injunction against the defendants for using the domain name candyland.com in connection with a sexually explicit website. The court ruled that the plaintiff had demonstrated a likelihood of prevailing on its claims that such use tarnished and thereby diluted the Candyland trademark.