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HORMEL FOODS CORP. v. JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS, INC.

No. 1010, Docket 95-7977.

73 F.3d 497 (1996)

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JIM HENSON PRODUCTIONS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C. Jones, Austin, Minnesota (Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Derfner & Mahler, LLP, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Carol F. Simkin, New York City (Glenn Mitchell, Rose Auslander, Sara K. Stadler, Weiss Dawid Fross Zelnick & Lehrman, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

William C. MacLeod, Karen M. Lockwood, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, submitted a brief for Grocery Manufacturers of America, amicus curiae.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, JACOBS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Hormel Foods Corporation appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Wood, J.) denying Hormel's request for a permanent injunction against Jim Henson Productions, Inc. after a full bench trial on the merits. Hormel originally contended that Henson's use of the character "Spa'am" in its upcoming movie and related merchandise would infringe and/or dilute Hormel's trademark in the...

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