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RINGLING BROS.-BARNUM & BAILEY COMBINED SHOWS, INC. v. CELOZZI-ETTELSON CHEVROLET, INC.

No. 87-2643.

855 F.2d 480 (1988)

RINGLING BROS.-BARNUM & BAILEY COMBINED SHOWS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CELOZZI-ETTELSON CHEVROLET, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin N. Benn, Hamman & Benn, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Steven B. Pokotilow, Blum Kaplan, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., owners of the trademark "The Greatest Show on Earth," obtained a preliminary injunction prohibiting Celozzi-Ettelson Chevrolet, Inc., an Illinois car dealership, from using the slogan "The Greatest Used Car Show on Earth." On appeal, Celozzi-Ettelson challenges the injunction as improper under the Illinois Anti-Dilution Act, challenges the Anti-Dilution Act as preempted by federal trademark...

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