HOT WAX, INC. v. TURTLE WAX, INC.

No. 97 C 3646.

27 F.Supp.2d 1043 (1998)

HOT WAX, INC., Plaintiff, v. TURTLE WAX, INC. Defendant.

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

October 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dion Joseph Sartorio, Tribler, Orpett, Palmer & Crone, P.C., Chicago, IL, John Peter Maniatis, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, for Hot Wax, Inc.

J. Patrick Herald, John Christopher Filosa, Philip J. Zadeik, David Jonathan Davis, Patricia O'Brien, Sanjiv D. Sarwate, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, for Turtle Wax, Inc.

John J. Arado, Craig S. Fochler, Michael Lee McCluggage, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Max C. Fischer, Stowell, Friedman & Vernon, Chicago, IL, for Blue Coral, Inc.

Michael J. Abernathy, Margaret A. McGreal, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Stone Soap Co., Inc.

Ross A. Anderson, Whyte, Hirschboeck & Dudek, Milwaukee, WI, for Cleaning Systems, Inc.

Timothy M. McCarthy, Jerome G. McSherry & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Warsaw Chemical Company, Inc., defendant.

Matthew Sean Elvin, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, Arthur F. Radke, Hefter & Radke, Chicago, IL, Steven M. Greenspan, J. Michael Amrein, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, CT, for Simoniz U.S.A., Inc.

Michael J. Abernathy, Margaret A. McGreal, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Grace-Lee Products, Inc.

Edward M. Olson, Michael J Sugameli, Velardo, Sugameli & Olson, P.L.C., Troy, MI, for Cul-Mac Industries, Inc.

Daniel Glen Suber, Jason Reding Schulze, Daniel G. Suber & Associates, Chicago, IL, for S/S Car Care.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Hot Wax sues defendant Turtle Wax for false advertising under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125. Hot Wax alleges that Turtle Wax falsely markets and advertises certain products as waxes, when in fact the products do not contain any wax. The parties have submitted cross-motions for summary judgment.

Hot Wax contends that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law...

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