ZAZÚ DESIGNS v. L'ORÉAL, S.A.

No. 91-2842.

979 F.2d 499 (1992)

ZAZÚ DESIGNS, a partnership, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. L'ORÉAL, S.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1992.

As Amended November 6, 1992.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Fitzgibbon (argued), Angelo J. Bufalino, C. Michael Kendall, Lockwood, Alex, Fitzgibbon & Cummings, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas P. Sullivan (argued), Thomas F. Cotter, Jenner & Block, Richard A. Schnurr, Owen J. Murray, Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Bicknell, Chicago, Ill., Russell H. Falconer, Brendan J. O'Rourke, Doreen Leavens, Parker H. Bagley, Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 28, 1992.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In 1985 Cosmair, Inc., concluded that young women craved pink and blue hair. To meet the anticipated demand, Cosmair developed a line of "hair cosmetics" — hair coloring that is easily washed out. These inexpensive products, under the name ZAZU, were sold in the cosmetic sections of mass merchandise stores. Apparently the teenagers of the late 1980s...

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