EVEREADY BATTERY CO., INC. v. ADOLPH COORS CO.

No. 91 C 2712.

765 F.Supp. 440 (1991)

EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. ADOLPH COORS COMPANY, Coors Brewing Company, a Colorado Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

May 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Grimm, Steven Francis Molo, Stephen P. Durchslag, Mary Hutchings Reed, and Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

John W. Chestnut, Vasilios D. Dossas, Tilton, Fallon, Lungmus & Chestnut, Chicago, Ill. and Todd P. Blakely, and George G. Matava, Sheridan, Ross & McIntosh, Denver, Colo., for defendants.


ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of plaintiff Eveready Battery Company, Inc. ("Eveready") for preliminary injunction. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is denied.

FACTS

This case arises from a recently made (and not yet aired) beer commercial1 by defendant Adolph Coors Company ("Coors") which spoofs a popular series of Eveready...

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