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Actmedia, Inc. v. Active Media International, Inc.

Plaintiff, owner of the federal trademark in "ActMedia" brought suit, charging that defendant's use of the domain name "actmedia.com" constitutes, inter alia, the unauthorized use of a trademark and false designation of origin in violation of 15 U.S.C. section 1125(a), as well as violations of the Illinois Anti-Dilution Act. The court agreed, and issued a permanent injunction, directing defendant both to stop using the trademark ActMedia in its domain name and to transfer its interest in the domain name "actmedia.com" to plaintiff.