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NIKE, INC. v. JUST DID IT ENTERPRISES

No. 92-3303.

6 F.3d 1225 (1993)

NIKE, INCORPORATED, an Oregon corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. "JUST DID IT" ENTERPRISES, a business of unknown legal character, and Michael Stanard, an Illinois resident, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 25, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Adducci, James L. Komie, Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, Chicago, IL, Alan S. Cooper (argued), Eric T. Fingerhut, Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter P. Maksym (argued), Oak Brook, IL, for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 25, 1993.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Humor, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. When artist Michael Stanard designed and sold t-shirts and sweatshirts with a "swoosh" design identical to Nike, Inc.'s, but with the word Mike instead, Nike saw no humor and sued for trademark infringement. Stanard responded with a parody defense. The district court granted Nike's motion for summary judgment, ...

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