CHICAGO READER, INC. v. METRO COLLEGE PUB. CO.

No. 82-2335.

711 F.2d 801 (1983)

CHICAGO READER, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METRO COLLEGE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Compere, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dennis M. McWilliams, McWilliams, Mann & Zummer, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and NEAHER, Senior District Judge.


NEAHER, Senior District Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether the common word "Reader" can be monopolized by trademark registration for the benefit of one newspaper publisher and its licensees, to the exclusion of all others. In agreement with the district court, we answer that question in the negative and affirm its judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee.

Plaintiff-appellant, Chicago Reader, Incorporated ("CRI"), is the publisher of an "alternative...

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