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There May Be Some Good News Coming About That Federal Lawsuit Filed Against FNAWS
Published: January - 2007
There may be some good news coming on that federal lawsuit we told you about last month that Grand Slam Club/OVIS has filed against the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep/International Sheep Hunters Association. The suit, you'll recall, charges FNAWS/ISHA with Trademark and Copyright Infringement, Breach of Contract and Tortious Interference with Business Expectancies and Relations. The fight revolves principally around FNAWS/ISHA's use of the term slam in its promotional literature and in its record-book program.
The good news is, at press time, GSCO's Dennis Campbell told us that he had sent a letter to FNAWS/ISHA's attorneys offering to settle the dispute right away without further litigation, and he had just received a letter back indicating a reply to his offer would be forthcoming shortly. We would love to settle this issue quickly and hope they do as well, Campbell told The Hunting Report.
We immediately called Ray Lee of FNAWS and asked him about the exchange of correspondence. Lee said he did not want to comment on the matter, or characterize the chances of a quick, out-of-court settlement.
If there is a break in this case, we will immediately send out an E-Mail Extra bulletin and then post it to our web site 24 hours later. It's safe to say the hunting community as a whole hopes the matter is settled quickly so the two organizations can hold orderly annual conventions. FNAWS' convention is scheduled for January 17-21 in Salt Lake City and Grand Slam/Ovis' convention is scheduled for February 22-........(continued)
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