Minnesota Statutes 333.54 – Threatened Use May Be Restrained
When there is an actual or threatened violation of section 333.53, an application may be made to a court having jurisdiction to enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation; and if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is in fact using or threatening to use the name “Minnesota Zoological Garden” or the trademark thereof or any other name or mark confusingly similar, or any other name, mark, logo, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the Minnesota Zoological Board in carrying out its purposes relating to Minnesota Zoological Garden or confusingly similar to any other name, mark, logo, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the Minnesota Zoological Board in carrying out its purposes relating to the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the court may enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation without requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 333.54
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44