HOOPLA SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT v. NIKE, INC.

No. 96 C 1642.

947 F.Supp. 347 (1996)

HOOPLA SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Plaintiff, v. NIKE, INC. and Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

November 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas William Flannigan, Law Office of Thomas Flannigan, Chicago, IL, Edward J. Moran, Chicago, IL, David Peter Cudnowski, David Cudnowski, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Hoopla Sports and Entertainment, Inc.

Bart Allen Lazar, Alan S. Dalinka, Michael Levinson, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Nike, Inc. and Columbia Broadcasting Systems.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Hoopla Sports and Entertainment, Inc. sues defendants Nike, Inc. and Columbia Broadcasting Systems ("CBS"), claiming that they wrongfully usurped his creation, a "U.S. versus the world" basketball game involving all-star teams of high school age boys. Hoopla seeks $2,000,000 in compensatory damages and punitive damages for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, breach of contract...

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