Starter Corp. v. Converse, Inc.

After Starter (plaintiff) sought a declaratory judgment that using its star trademark on athletic footwear would not infringe Converse's (defendant) longstanding star mark, a jury found a likelihood of confusion; Converse had never counterclaimed or sought an injunction, but the district court sua sponte entered a permanent injunction barring Starter's star mark on all footwear, and Starter appealed both the sua sponte nature of the injunction and its scope.