Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge LINN. Dissenting opinion by Circuit Judge PAULINE NEWMAN.
LINN, Circuit Judge.
Acushnet Company (“Acushnet”) appeals from the denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In re Nitro Leisure Prods., L.L.C., No. 02-14008-CV-Middle-brooks (S.D.Fla. Aug. 9, 2002) (“Order”). Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Acushnet’s motion in view of Acushnet’s failure to show a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits of its claims, we affirm.
[1358]*1358BACKGROUND
Acushnet manufactures and sells golfing equipment, and in particular, golf balls. Acushnet owns and has federally registered the trademarks TITLEIST, ACUSHNET, PINNACLE, and PRO VI. Of particular interest in this case, Acush-net manufactures and markets new golf balls under the TITLEIST name and trademark, including the TITLEIST PRO VI, asserted by Acushnet to be the best selling golf ball in the United States since February 2001. Order at 2-3.
Nitro obtains and sells two categories of used golf balls at a discounted rate. The first category of balls are “recycled” balls. The recycled balls are those found in relatively good condition, needing little more than washing, and are repackaged for resale. Recycled balls represent approximately 30% of Nitro’s sales. The second category includes balls that are found with stains, scuffs or blemishes, requiring “refurbishing.” Nitro’s refurbishing process includes cosmetically treating the balls by removing the base coat of paint, the clear coat layer, and the trademark and model markings without damaging the covers of the balls, and then repainting the balls, adding a clear coat, and reaffixing the original manufacturer’s trademark. Nitro also applies directly to each “refurbished” ball the legend “USED & REFURBISHED BY SECOND CHANCE” or “USED AND REFURBISHED BY GOLFBALLSDIRECT.COM.” In these statements, the terms “Second Chance” and “Golfballsdirect.com” refer to businesses of Nitro. Order at 3. Some, but not all, of the refurbished balls also bear a Nitro trademark. Nitro’s refurbished balls are packaged in containers displaying the following disclaimer:
ATTENTION USED/REFURBISHED GOLF BALLS: The enclosed contents of used/refurbished golf balls are USED GOLF BALLS. Used/Refurbished golf balls are subject to performance variations from new ones. These used/refurbished balls were processed via one or more of the following steps: stripping, painting, stamping and/or clear coating in our factory. This product has NOT been endorsed or approved by the original manufacturer and the balls DO NOT fall under the original manufacturer’s warranty.
According to Nitro, there is a large market for used golf balls. In 2001, Nitro saw annual sales of approximately $10 million, including $4.8 million for refurbished balls. Id.
Nitro originally filed suit against Acush-net in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleging, inter alia, unfair competition. Shortly thereafter, Acushnet filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Nitro infringed a number of Acushnet’s patents and violated federal and state trademark laws. Nitro amended its complaint in the Florida case to seek a declaratory judgment that it did not infringe Acushnet’s patents. The California action was subsequently transferred to Florida, and the actions were consolidated.
On April 23, 2002, Acushnet moved for a preliminary injunction on its trademark and patent claims. As to the trademark claims, Acushnet concedes that it has no trademark claim with respect to “recycled” balls and does not object to those sales. As to the “refurbished” balls, however, Acushnet asserts that “Nitro’s refurbishing process produces a golf ball that bears no resemblance to a genuine Acushnet product in performance, quality or appearance” and that “Nitro’s refurbishing process so alters the basic composition of Acushnet’s golf balls that ‘it would be a misnomer to call the article by its original name.’ ” Following oral argument, the dis[1359]*1359trict court on August 9, 2002, issued its Order, concluding that Acushnet had failed to show a likelihood of success on the merits and denying preliminary injunctive relief on both the trademark and the patent law claims.
Before this court, Acushnet seeks review of the denial of its motion for preliminary injunction only as to its trademark infringement and dilution claims. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1292(c)(1) and 1295(a)(1).
DISCUSSION
Standard of Review
This court generally reviews procedural matters under the law of the regional circuit in which the district court sits. See Payless Shoesource, Inc. v. Reebok Int'l Ltd., 998 F.2d 985, 987 (Fed.Cir.1998). Additionally, we defer to the law of the regional circuit when addressing substantive legal issues over which we do not have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction. See id. In this case, we defer to the law of the Eleventh Circuit in reviewing the district court’s denial of Acushnet’s motion for preliminary injunctive relief from the alleged trademark infringement and dilution.
The Eleventh Circuit reviews a district court’s grant or denial of a preliminary injunction for abuse of discretion. Davidoff & CIE, SA v. PLD Int’l Corp., 263 F.3d 1297, 1300 (11th Cir.2001); McDonald’s Corp. v. Robertson, 147 F.3d 1301, 1306 (11th Cir.1998). Under the abuse of discretion standard, a reviewing court “must affirm unless [it] at least determine[s] that the district court has made a ‘clear error of judgment,’ or has applied an incorrect legal standard.” CBS Broadcasting, Inc. v. EchoStar Commun. Corp., 265 F.3d 1193, 1200 (11th Cir.2001) (citations omitted). A party seeking a preliminary injunction for trademark infringement must establish four elements: (1) that there is a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; (2) that it would be irreparably harmed if injunctive relief were denied; (3) that the threatened injury to the trademark owner outweighs whatever damage the injunction may cause to the alleged infringer; and (4) that the injunction, if issued, would not be adverse to the public interest. Id. It is well established in the Eleventh Circuit that “[a] preliminary injunction is an extraordinary and drastic remedy not to be granted unless the movant clearly established the ‘burden of persuasion’ as to all four elements.” Davidoff, 263 F.3d at 1300 (quoting Siegel v. LePore, 234 F.3d 1163, 1176 (11th Cir.2000) (en banc)).
To succeed on the merits of a trademark infringement claim, a plaintiff must show that the defendant used the mark in commerce without its consent and “that the unauthorized use was likely to deceive, cause confusion, or result in mistake.” McDonald’s Corp., 147 F.3d at 1307. The determination generally boils down to the existence of “likelihood of confusion.” AmBrit, Inc. v. Kraft, Inc., 812 F.2d 1531, 1538 (11th Cir.1986).
ANALYSIS
I. Acushnet’s Contentions
Acushnet argues that the district court abused its discretion in denying its motion for preliminary injunction on the pleaded trademark infringement issues by applying an incorrect legal standard, by erroneously relying on a non-precedential consent judgment between Acushnet and an unrelated third party, and by making erroneous findings of fact and applications of law to fact, in concluding that Acushnet failed to show a likelihood of success on the merits of its trademark infringement and dilution claims. Acushnet requests that this court reverse the judgment of the district court, find that a likelihood of sue-[1360]*1360cess on the merits has been shown, and remand with directions to enter the sought preliminary injunction or for further proceedings consistent with our opinion. We address each of Acushnet’s arguments in turn.
II. Trademark Infringement
A. The Applicable Standard
Acushnet first argues that the district court failed to apply the correct legal standard to the trademark infringement claim. Acushnet asserts that the district court misapplied Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders, 331 U.S. 125, 67 S.Ct. 1136, 91 L.Ed. 1386 (1947), and Eleventh Circuit law by failing to extend the “material difference” test applied in the context of altered new goods in Davidoff, 263 F.3d at 1302, to the used and refurbished goods involved in the present case. Acushnet also contends that the district court’s reliance on Champion was misplaced because the refurbished goods in this case differed from the original goods not by the ordinary wear and tear expected in used products but by the refurbishing actions taken by Nitro. Acushnet argues that the “undisputed evidence” presented, when analyzed under the correct legal standard, would have established the requisite likelihood of success on the merits to warrant a preliminary injunction, and that denial of the requested preliminary injunction was an abuse of discretion. We disagree and find no abuse of discretion.
To succeed in its request for a preliminary injunction on its trademark infringement claim, Acushnet must show, inter alia, a likelihood of success on the merits. This means that it must show a likelihood of success on its claim that the sale by Nitro of its refurbished golf balls bearing re-applied Acushnet trademarks is likely to cause confusion. In considering this issue, the district court looked to Champion — clear precedent in the used goods context — and concluded, on the record presented at this preliminary stage, that the differences between Acushnet’s new golf balls and Nitro’s refurbished golf balls were not so great as to be a misnomer and that it was not an act of infringement, warranting preliminary injunctive relief, for Nitro to re-apply Acushnet’s trademarks to the Acushnet balls refurbished by Nitro and to re-sell those balls in packaging identifying them as used or refurbished.
The Eleventh Circuit looks to the following factors in assessing a likelihood of confusion in trademark cases:
1. Type of mark
2. Similarity of mark
3. Similarity of the products the marks represent
4. Similarity of the parties’ retail outlets (trade channels) and customers
5. Similarity of advertising media
6. Defendant’s intent
7. Actual confusion
Frehling Enters., Inc. v. Int’l Select Group, Inc., 192 F.3d 1330, 1335 (11th Cir.1999); cf. Lipscher v. LRP Publ’ns, Inc., 266 F.3d 1305, 1313-14 (11th Cir. 2001) (noting that not all Frehling factors are relevant in each case). In the present case, the dispute centers around the differences between new and refurbished Acush-net golf balls, thus implicating the “similarity of the products” factor. Specifically, the question presented is the propriety of the re-application by Nitro of the Acushnet trademark, without Acushnet’s consent, to genuine Acushnet golf balls that have been used, subjected to Nitro’s refurbishing process, and then re-sold by Nitro as refurbished balls.
The district court assessed that question by applying the standards applied to used and refurbished goods by the Supreme Court in the Champion case. The district [1361]*1361court cited Davidoff but did not directly apply the “material differences” test articulated in that case. Acushnet urges us to conclude that the district court erred in not recognizing from Davidoff that the “material differences” standard used to assess likelihood of confusion in the sale by unrelated parties of new, genuine trademarked goods would also be used in the Eleventh Circuit as the standard for assessing trademark infringement in the sale of used, genuine trademarked goods. Acushnet argues from this that had the district court applied the Davidoff test, it would have found the refurbished golf balls sold by Nitro and bearing the Nitro re-applied Acushnet trademarks to be “materially different” from the original trademarked goods and thus an infringement of Acushnet’s trademarks, warranting preliminary injunctive relief. Nitro argues that Davidoff is simply inapplicable, and attempts to distinguish this case from Davidoff based on the fact that Davidoff considered new goods and because Davi-doff did not include disclaimers. Nitro also attempts to distinguish the cases cited by Acushnet in support of adoption of the Davidoff “material differences” standard; namely, Rolex Watch USA, Inc. v. Michel, 179 F.3d 704 (9th Cir.1999), Rolex Watch USA Inc. v. Meece, 158 F.3d 816 (5th Cir.1998), and Intel Corp. v. Terabyte International, Inc., 6 F.3d 614 (9th Cir.1993).
Under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1) and 1125(a)(1), any person who uses the trademark of another, without consent, in a manner that is likely to cause confusion, mistake, or to deceive may be liable in a civil action for trademark infringement. McDonald’s Corp., 147 F.3d at 1307. In the Champion case, a seminal opinion on the use of trademarks on used goods, the accused infringer collected genuine used Champion spark plugs, repaired and reconditioned the spark plugs, painted the spark plugs for aesthetic reasons, and resold the spark plugs, each labeled “Renewed.” 331 U.S. at 126, 67 S.Ct. 1136. The issue before the Supreme Court was simply whether the lower courts erred in not requiring the accused infringer to remove Champion’s trademark name from the repaired and reconditioned spark plugs. Id. at 128, 67 S.Ct. 1136. The Supreme Court acknowledged that, in some cases, used and repaired goods can be sold under the trademark of the original manufacturer, without “deceiving] the public,” so long as the accused infringer had attempted to restore “so far as possible” the original condition of the goods and full disclosure is made about the true nature of the goods, for example, as “used” or “repaired.” Id. at 129-30, 67 S.Ct. 1136. In Champion, the Supreme Court stated that “[w]hen the mark is used in a way that does not deceive the public we see no such sanctity in the word as to prevent its being used to tell the truth.” Id. at 129, 67 S.Ct. 1136.
The Supreme Court recognized that this standard results in the second-hand dealer getting some advantage from the trademark; however, this windfall is “wholly permissible so long as the manufacturer is not identified with the inferior qualities of the product.” Id. at 130, 67 S.Ct. 1136 (citing Prestonettes, Inc. v. Coty, 264 U.S. 359, 44 S.Ct. 350, 68 L.Ed. 731 (1924)). This advantage is not inconsistent with the stated purposes of the Lanham Act. In passing the Lanham Act, Congress noted that the purpose was “to protect legitimate business and consumers of the country.” 92 Cong. Rec. 7524 (1946). To fulfill this purpose, the Act “protects] the public so it may be confident that, in purchasing a product bearing a particular trade-mark which it favorably knows, it will get the product which it asks for and wants to get.” S.Rep. No. 79-1333 at 3 (1946), reprinted in 1946 U.S.S.C.A.N. 1274. Further, the owner of the trademark must have the energy and effort he expended in [1362]*1362building goodwill in his trademark protected from misappropriation. Id. However, so long as the customer is getting a product with the expected characteristics, and so long as the goodwill built up by the trademark owner is not eroded by being identified with inferior quality, the Lan-ham Act does not prevent the truthful use of trademarks, even if such use results in the enrichment of others.
The Champion court, while concluding that the facts of that case did not establish a likelihood of confusion, cautioned that there are limits on the use of a trademark by another on a used or repaired item. The Supreme Court explained that “[clases may be imagined where the reconditioning or repair would be so extensive or so basic that it would be a misnomer to call the article by its original name, even though the words ‘used’ or ‘repaired’ were added.” 331 U.S. at 129, 67 S.Ct. 1136. In Champion, the repair was such that it “[did] not give [the product] a new design,” and the accused infringers had sought to restore the product “so far as possible, [to its] original condition,” id. Thus, no infringement was found.
Similar to the admonition expressed by the Supreme Court in connection with the sale of refurbished goods in Champion, the Eleventh Circuit in Davidoff cautioned that there are limits to the permissible uses of a trademark by re-sellers even on new, genuine trademarked goods. In Da-vidoff, the Eleventh Circuit found infringement in the use of a trademark by a party unrelated to the trademark owner for new, genuine trademarked goods sold in packaging that had been altered. In that case, accused infringer PLD purchased genuine bottles of Davidoff s perfumes and, prior to re-sale, etched and altered the bottles to remove batch code information from the bottoms of the bottles. Davidoff sought to end this practice, arguing that the etching of the bottles altered the product in a way that caused consumer confusion. The Eleventh Circuit agreed, holding that the removal of the batch code information was a material alteration that would affect a consumer’s decision whether to purchase the product in question.
The fundamental question examined in Davidoff was the same question considered in Champion — likelihood of confusion — but presented in the context of re-sales of new goods. The context is important because consumers of new goods have different expectations than consumers of used goods. For new goods, any variation of the product from a new condition — even as relatively modest as the obliteration of a name or batch number from the bottom of a container — may signal imitation, counterfeiting, falsity or some other irregularity affecting a customer’s decision whether to purchase the product. See, e.g., Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. v. Casa Helvetia, Inc., 982 F.2d 633, 644 (1st Cir.1992) (finding such differences as configuration, i.e., the number of different shapes of chocolates, and packaging, i.e., whether the packaging is shiny or matte and the colors of the packaging, to be material). For new goods, consumers are likely to be confused by the presence of such “material differences.” Davidoff, 263 F.3d at 1302.
For used or refurbished goods, customers have a different expectation. They do not expect the product to be in the same condition as a new product. Champion, 331 U.S. at 129, 67 S.Ct. 1136. There is an understanding on the part of consumers of used or refurbished products that such products will be degraded or will show signs of wear and tear and will not measure up to or perform at the same level as if new. Id. at 129-30, 67 S.Ct. 1136. For used or refurbished products, consumers are not likely to be confused by — and indeed expect — differences in the goods compared to new, unused goods. Id. Thus, [1363]*1363the tests applied to assess likelihood of confusion by courts will not necessarily be the same when determining trademark infringement in the resale of altered new goods and when considering trademark infringement in the resale of used and refurbished goods.
Both Champion and Davidoff sought to define the boundaries of when the use of a trademark on genuine trademarked goods is no longer permitted. The tests applied in both cases focus on the similarities and differences between the accused infringing goods and the genuine trademarked goods and assess the likelihood of confusion resulting from contemporaneous sales of those goods.
The Davidoff test looks to the effect on a consumer’s decision to purchase of differences in an altered or modified new product from the original. It is a reasonable and workable test of the likelihood of confusion and the loss of goodwill represented by the trademark applied to the product, given consumer expectations as to the nature and quality of new products as offered for sale. The test has been adopted and applied to new, genuine trademarked goods in the First, Second, Third, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits. See, e.g., Nestle, 982 F.2d at 644 (1st Cir.) (finding material differences based on quality control, composition, configuration, packaging, and price); Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. Granada Elecs., Inc., 816 F.2d 68, 78 (2d Cir.1987) (finding material differences where an imported doll comes with foreign language “adoption papers” and is not permitted to be “adopted” domestically); Iberia Foods Corp. v. Romeo, 150 F.3d 298, 302 (3d Cir.1998) (finding material differences where quality control measures differ); Martin’s Herend Imports Inc. v. Diamond & Gem Trading USA, Co., 112 F.3d 1296, 1302 (5th Cir.1997) (finding material differences when the trademark holder had chosen to sell only selected pieces in the United States and the accused infringer was selling other, genuine pieces in the United States); Enesco Corp. v. Price/Costco Inc., 146 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir.1998) (finding material differences where quality control measures differ).
The Champion Court recognizes that consumers do not expect used or refurbished goods to be the same as new goods and that for such goods, “material differences” do not necessarily measure consumer confusion. According to Champion, what is more telling on the question of likelihood of confusion in the context of used goods is whether the used or refurbished goods are so different from the original that it would be a misnomer for them to be designated by the original trademark. We see no basis to conclude that the district court’s reliance on Champion was improper.
The district court in this case properly assessed likelihood of confusion in concluding: (1) that on the evidence before it, the differences in the goods were nothing more than what would be expected for used golf balls; (2) that it was therefore not a misnomer to apply the Acushnet mark to the used Acushnet balls; and (3) that Acushnet had not established a likelihood of success on the merits of its trademark “likelihood of confusion” case. This is all that was required, and there is no basis to conclude that the district court applied the wrong test or otherwise abused its discretion. This court need not predict whether the Eleventh Circuit would apply Davidoff to used goods. It would only be necessary to make such a prediction if application of the “material differences” test must be satisfied in all cases involving genuine trademarked goods. But Davidoff does not go that far and cannot be read to supplant the statutory “likelihood of confusion” test with a “material differences” [1364]*1364test applicable to all cases involving the resale of genuine trademarked goods, both new and used.
Alternatively, Acushnet argues that the district court’s reliance on Champion is misplaced.1 Acushnet attempts to distinguish Champion, arguing first that Nitro does not restore “so far as possible” the used balls to their original condition, but rather masks the balls’ condition, and second, that by masking rather than restoring, Nitro makes it more likely that customers will associate inferior performance with Acushnet. Acushnet argues that, although there was repainting of the spark plugs in Champion, such painting was merely cosmetic. Acushnet contends that the district court failed to recognize that Nitro’s process of stripping and repainting was more than cosmetic and changed the fundamental attributes of the reprocessed balls. Moreover, Acushnet argues that it is Nitro’s refurbishing process, not normal wear and tear, that degraded the quality of Nitro’s used golf balls. Acushnet thus asserts that Champion is distinguishable on its facts and should not apply. We disagree with Acushnet’s'distinctions.
First, while it is true that the spark plugs were repainted in Champion, the reconditioning also involved removing burned and pitted portions of the center electrodes, welding new metal to the side electrodes, wearing away the plug’s porcelain insulators through sandblasting, and then cleaning and painting the spark plug. Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders, 156 F.2d 488, 489 (2d Cir.1946). The refurbishing process in Champion, then, was not merely cosmetic, and cannot be distinguished from the present case on that basis. Second, Champion also held that the source of any inferiority, whether the reconditioning or the refurbishing, is irrelevant, stating that inferiority is immaterial as long as the original manufacturer “is not identified with the inferior qualities of the product resulting from wear and tear or the reconditioning.” Champion, 331 U.S. at 130, 67 S.Ct. 1136 (emphasis added). In the Champion case, the district court noted that there was no proof whether the inferior qualities stemmed from either “wear and tear prior to the discarding of the plug by the original user, or to the process of repair as conducted by the defendants.” Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders, 61 F.Supp. 247, 248-49 (E.D.N.Y.1945). Acushnet’s distinction on this point is similarly untenable.
In this case, the district court carefully considered the extent of the alterations made by Nitro. See Order at 8-9 (citing Rolex Watch USA, Inc. v. Michel, 179 F.3d 704) (“[w]hether the modifications made to the product resulted in a new product”); Intel, 6 F.3d at 619. The district court also looked to a number of factors, outlined by the Ninth Circuit, to determine if the alterations resulted in a new product. Order at 9 (“These factors ‘include the nature and extent of the alterations, the nature of the device and how it is designed ..., whether a market has developed for service or spare parts ... and, most importantly, whether end users of the product are likely to be misled as to the party responsible for the composition of the product.’ Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. v. Surgical Technologies, Inc., 285 F.3d 848, 856-57 (9th Cir.2002).” (alterations in original)). The district [1365]*1365court also considered: (a) evidence proffered by Nitro that the performance differences were not as extensive as claimed by Aeushnet; (b) evidence of the use of disclaimers; and (c) evidence from customers of both Aeushnet and Nitro on the question of confusion. Order at 9-12. On this record, the district court concluded that “Aeushnet has not presented sufficient evidence to support its claim that the golf balls are so extensively repaired that they cannot be truly labeled with the Titleist marks.” Id. at 9-10.
Because the district court properly considered the Frehling factors; fully and carefully assessed the differences between Acushnet’s new golf balls and Nitro’s refurbished golf balls in determining likelihood of confusion; and correctly looked to Champion for the applicable legal standard, we find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s denial of Acushnet’s requested preliminary injunction based on its trademark infringement claim.
B. The Birdie Decision
Aeushnet argues that the district court abused its discretion in relying on a consent decree between Aeushnet and an unrelated used golf ball vendor, Birdie Golf Ball Co., Inc. Aeushnet contends that the Birdie consent decree predated the Davi-doff case, was based on a substantially different record from the facts in this case, and is not controlling here. In our view, Aeushnet overstates the extent to which the district court relied on Birdie. The district court noted the Birdie case, but in doing so simply reported that a refurbishing process similar to that used by Nitro was at issue in that case and was permitted by Aeushnet to continue so long as the balls were clearly marked “USED/REFINISHED BY BIRDIE GOLF.” Order at 11. We do not discern that the district court’s reference to Birdie was determinative of the decision to deny preliminary injunctive relief or that the reference to that case was anything other than confirmation of the conclusion properly reached by the district court in its analysis of the Frehling factors and its application of the Champion test. We find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s reference to Birdie.
C. The Factual Findings
Aeushnet makes a number of arguments that can be characterized as disagreements with the district court’s findings of fact or the application of law to fact. In particular, Aeushnet argues that the district court placed too much weight on the disclaimers Nitro placed on the packaging and golf balls; that the district court erroneously found that Aeushnet and Nitro sell balls in different channels of trade; and that the district court failed to find customer confusion based on the evidence presented. A trial court’s findings of fact must be upheld unless clearly erroneous. Swatch Watch, S.A. v. Taxor, Inc., 785 F.2d 956, 958 (11th Cir.1986). We have carefully considered Aeushnet’s arguments and the district court’s findings of fact and discern no clear error.
III. Dilution
Aeushnet also appeals the district court’s denial of the motion for preliminary injunction on its dilution claim. The district court determined that Acushnet’s marks are famous, indicating that there “is no dispute concerning the strength of Acushnet’s trademarks.” Order at 7. The district court, however, did not find Acushnet’s evidence and legal arguments to be sufficient to establish that Nitro was lessening the capacity of Acushnet’s trademarks to serve as source indicators and damaging Acushnet’s business reputation and goodwill. Id. at 14. This outcome is consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc., [1366]*1366537 U.S. 418, 123 S.Ct. 1115, 155 L.Ed.2d 1 (2003), issued during the pendency of this case before our court.
In Moseley, the lingerie retailer, VICTORIA’S SECRET, sued Victor and Cathy Moseley, proprietors of a store named “Victor’s Little Secret,” for trademark dilution, among other claims. The Moseleys sold, through the store, “a wide variety of items, including adult videos, ‘adult novelties,’ and lingerie.” 123 S.Ct. at 1120. The district court found that the Moseleys did not challenge the claim that the mark VICTORIA’S SECRET was famous, and found dilution based on tarnishment. Id. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, basing its determination of dilution on both tarnishment and blurring. Id. at 1120-21. The Supreme Court, however, reversed, holding that the Federal Trademark Dilution Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1127, “unambiguously requires a showing of actual dilution, rather than a likelihood of dilution.” 123 S.Ct. at 1124. Because, in the Moseley case, there was “a complete absence of evidence of any lessening of the capacity of the VICTORIA’S SECRET mark to identify and distinguish goods or services sold in Victoria’s Secret stores or advertised in its catalogs,” the Court reversed the Sixth Circuit Court’s finding of dilution. Id. at 1125.
In arguing the dilution claim before us, Acushnet reiterates the conclusory statements it made before the district court, with little more. These arguments fail to establish that the district court erred or abused its discretion. Moreover, we find no basis to conclude that Acushnet meets the requirement of “a showing of actual dilution” under Moseley. Therefore, we affirm the district court’s denial of the requested preliminary injunction based on trademark dilution.
CONCLUSION
The district court did not abuse its discretion, commit an error of law, or seriously misjudge the evidence in concluding that Acushnet failed to show a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits of its trademark and dilution claims and in denying Acushnet’s motion for a preliminary injunction based thereon. We therefore affirm.
AFFIRMED.