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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 05-1507 MARK K. HOBRATSCHK, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus FREDERICK T. SPAHR, an Individual; AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION, a National Trade Association; Defendants - Appellees, ARLENE PIETRANTON, Counter Claimant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge. (CA-03-47-BEL) Submitted: November 17, 2005 Decided: Nove
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 05-1507 MARK K. HOBRATSCHK, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus FREDERICK T. SPAHR, an Individual; AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION, a National Trade Association; Defendants - Appellees, ARLENE PIETRANTON, Counter Claimant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge. (CA-03-47-BEL) Submitted: November 17, 2005 Decided: Novem..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1507
MARK K. HOBRATSCHK,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
FREDERICK T. SPAHR, an Individual; AMERICAN
SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION, a
National Trade Association;
Defendants - Appellees,
ARLENE PIETRANTON,
Counter Claimant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge.
(CA-03-47-BEL)
Submitted: November 17, 2005 Decided: November 22, 2005
Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Mark K. Hobratschk, Appellant Pro Se. Diane L. Prucino, Susan
Wallis Pangborn, KILPATRICK STOCKTON, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia;
Neil I. Levy, KILPATRICK STOCKTON, LLP, Washington, D.C., for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Mark Hobratschk appeals from the district court’s order,
which inter alia granted summary judgment on Defendants’
counterclaim for trademark infringement of their federal trademarks
“American Speech-Language Hearing Association” and “ASHA.”
Hobratschk also appeals from the district court’s award of
attorney’s fees to Defendants. The amount of the award is still
pending in district court. We affirm the grant of summary judgment
and dismiss the appeal from the fee award as interlocutory.
The district court found that Hobratschk did not oppose
Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the infringement claims
described above. In support of his assertion that he previously
argued that the marks were generic and, thus, not entitled to
trademark protection, Hobratschk cites to a portion of his brief in
opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. However, a
review of the page referenced shows that the word “generic” is
never used and that the argument does not even concern either of
the trademarks at issue in this appeal. Rather, on the page in
question, Hobratschk proffers argument that he did not infringe on
ASHA’s logo trademark. Thus, the district court did not err in
finding the claim unopposed. Because Hobratschk fails to offer any
exceptional circumstances requiring review of a claim not raised
below, we find that the claim was waived. See Brickwood
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Contractors, Inc. v. Datanet Eng’g, Inc.,
369 F.3d 385, 390 (4th
Cir. 2004); Muth v. United States,
1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 1993).
Hobratschk also challenges the district court’s award of
attorney’s fees. However, the amount of the fee award has not yet
been determined. A judgment awarding an unspecified amount of
attorney’s fees is interlocutory in nature. Polonski v. Trump Taj
Mahal,
137 F.3d 139, 144 (3d Cir. 1998); Deloach v. Delchamps,
Inc.,
897 F.2d 816, 826 (5th Cir. 1990). Thus, we dismiss the
appeal of this portion of the district court’s order for lack of
jurisdiction.
Based on the foregoing, we affirm the district court’s
grant of summary judgment on Defendants’ counterclaim and dismiss
the appeal from the award of attorney’s fees. We dispense with
oral argument, because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED IN PART;
DISMISSED IN PART
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