Circuit City Responds to RadioShack Statement

Richmond, Va., Circuit City Inc. today disputed a statement issued by RadioShack, arguing that it has not relinquished its rights to the exclusive use of the RadioShack brand in Canada until 2009. RadioShack’s statement, released yesterday, said that it had won a lawsuit against Circuit City and was creating a subsidiary to oversee its Canadian expansion. Circuit City’s InterTAN unit currently runs RadioShack stores in Canada, but the two retailers are in a legal quarrel over the rights to the name.