AmCAN ENTERPRISES, INC. v. RENZI

No. 93-3628.

32 F.3d 233 (1994)

AmCAN ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, doing business as North American Directories — The Illinois Yellow Page Directory, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard RENZI, Scott Cullinane, and Michael Cullinane, all both individually and doing business as American Yellow Pages and as Yellow Pages of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Tepper, argued, Chicago, IL, Frank J. Shannon, III, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Monica L. Thompson, argued, Kevin Tottis, Keck, Mahin & Cate, David J. Gottesman, Rosenthal & Schanfield, Chicago, IL, Monte M. Bond, Andrew F. Emerson, Mankoff, Hill, Held & Goldberg, G. Richard Poehner, Alexander, Weston & Poehner, Dallas, TX, for Richard Renzi.

Monica L. Thompson, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, Monte M. Bond, Mankoff, Hill, Held & Goldberg, Dallas, TX, for Scott Cullinane and Michael Cullinane.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs (collectively AmCan) sued the defendants (collectively American Yellow Pages) for infringing an unregistered trademark in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(A). See Blau Plumbing, Inc. v. S.O.S. Fix-It, Inc., 781 F.2d 604, 608 (7th Cir.1986); 3 J. Thomas McCarthy, McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition § 27.03[1][b] (3d ed. 1994). AmCan sells a telephone...

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