HARD ROCK CAFE LICENSING v. CONCESSION SERVICES

Nos. 90-3427, 90-3467, 90-3458.

955 F.2d 1143 (1992)

HARD ROCK CAFE LICENSING CORPORATION, a New York corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CONCESSION SERVICES, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee. HARD ROCK CAFE LICENSING CORPORATION, a New York corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRY'S SWEAT SHOP, a retail establishment, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric C. Cohen (argued), Robert B. Breisblatt, Gerald T. Shekleton, Kara F. Cenar, Welsh & Katz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

L. Andrew Brehm (argued), Michael B. Roche, Daniel M. Blouin, Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Gregory B. Beggs (argued), Hugh A. Abrams, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee in No. 90-3458.

Cyriac D. Kappil, Royal B. Martin, Jr., William G. Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Silets & Martin, Gregory B. Beggs (argued), Hugh A. Abrams, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee in No. 90-3458.

Before CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges, and REYNOLDS, Senior District Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The Hard Rock Cafe Licensing Corporation (Hard Rock) owns trademarks on several clothing items, including t-shirts and sweatshirts and apparently attempts to exploit its trademark monopoly to the full. In the summer of 1989, Hard Rock sent out specially trained private investigators to look for counterfeit Hard Rock Cafe merchandise. The investigators found Iqbal Parvez selling counterfeit Hard Rock t-shirts from stands in the Tri-State Swap...

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