INTERNATIONAL KENNEL CLUB OF CHICAGO, INC. v. MIGHTY STAR, INC.

No. 86-2843.

846 F.2d 1079 (1988)

INTERNATIONAL KENNEL CLUB OF CHICAGO, INC., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIGHTY STAR, INC., a New Jersey corporation, and DCN Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1988.

As Amended July 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Nussbaum, Sonnenschein Carlin Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Jerome H. Torshen, Jerome H. Torshen, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee International Kennel Club of Chicago, Inc. ("IKC"), brought this action against the defendants-appellants Mighty Star, Inc. ("Mighty Star") and DCN Industries, Inc. ("DCN"), alleging that the defendants' use of the plaintiff's "International Kennel Club" name violates section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), as well as state statutory and common law. The district court granted the plaintiff's motion for a...

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