ROULO v. RUSS BERRIE & CO., INC.

Nos. 88-2270, 88-2600.

886 F.2d 931 (1989)

Georgia Lee Miller ROULO, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. RUSS BERRIE & CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. McGrath, Michael P. Connelly, Chadwell & Kayser, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Charles A. Laff, Lawrence R. Robins, Larry L. Saret, Howard B. Rockman, Laff, Whitesel, Conte & Saret, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 9, 1989.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Russ Berrie & Co., Inc. (Berrie), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict of $4.3 million in favor of plaintiff, Georgia Lee Miller Roulo (Roulo), for infringement of her copyright and tradedress rights in a greeting card line known as "Feeling Sensitive" (FS) cards. Roulo's FS cards are single-faced greeting cards with engraved sentimental messages appropriate...

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