Wolf Trap Sues Local Arts Center Over Use of ‘The Barns’

The Wolf Trap Foundation, based in Vienna, Virginia has filed suit in Federal court in Alexandria, claiming trademark infringement against a tiny not-for-profit organization more than 50 miles and two counties away asserting that their use of “The Barns of Rose Hill” in Berryville will confuse Wolf Traps patrons.

Berryville sits west of the Blue Ridge mountains and across the Shenandoah River, yet the performing arts juggernaut has hired the DC firm Arent Fox LLP to file suit against the bucolic outpost for the arts.The suit filed on December 14th 2001 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria states that The Barns of Rose Hill, by the use of its name, will confuse Wolf Trap’s patrons and concert-goers and thus harm Wolf Trap’s concert and cultural activities business.

Read full story via Wolf Trap Foundation Sues Tiny Arts Center in Rural County Over Name – Fairfax News.

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