A lawsuit filed Thursday claims an Arizona lounge is infringing on a Las Vegas casino’s "Revolver" and "Revolver Saloon and Dance Hall" trademarks.
Attorneys for a Station Casinos subsidiary filed suit in U.S. District Court for Nevada over the trademarks used by Station’s Santa Fe Station hotel-casino.
The defendant is Revolver LLC’s Revolver Lounge in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Both bars use one or more reverse "R"s in their logos – and attorneys for Santa Fe Station say representatives of the Arizona lounge have visited the Las Vegas saloon to promote the Scottsdale Revolver.
"The Revolver Saloon opened on Feb. 5, 2010, to high acclaim, under the theme 'country with a twist,' blending rock & roll and country music in a high-octane dance hall," the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit acknowledges the Arizona lounge started using the Revolver name in January 2010, just before the Las Vegas saloon opened.
But, according to the suit, Santa Fe Station had "priority rights" in the Revolver name by filing federal intent-to-use applications in December 2009 for the word "Revolver" relating to bar services and nightclubs; and for the phrase "Revolver Saloon Dance Hall."
"Defendant’s use of the infringing mark has created a likelihood of confusion among consumers who may falsely believe that the defendant’s services are associated with … Station Casinos’ services or that … Station Casinos has sponsored or approved of defendant’s services or commercial activities," charges the lawsuit filed by attorneys with the Las Vegas office of the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP.
A request for comment on the lawsuit was placed with the Revolver Lounge in Scottsdale.
According to Phoenix New Times, it has a DJ booth for playing Top 40 and rock music. The publication also said "cowboy chic abounds" at the lounge created by nightlife entrepreneur Steve McDonald.
The lounge has "pictures of sexy ladies wielding six-shooters, a black-and-white mural of Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, wooden floors and even fake alligator hide accenting the main bar," according to the newspaper.