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WRENCH LLC v. TACO BELL CORP.

No. 1:98-CV-45.

36 F.Supp.2d 787 (1998)

WRENCH LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability Company; Joseph Shields; and Thomas Rinks, Plaintiffs, v. TACO BELL CORP., a foreign corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

November 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Dozeman, Valerie Ann Pierre Simmons, Warner, Norcross & Judd, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for Wrench LLC, Joseph Shields, Thomas Rinks.

Richard J. O'Brien, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Randall G. Litton, Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, et al, Grand Rapids, MI, Arthur S. Friedman, Friedman, Wang & Bleiberg, PC, New York City, for Taco Bell Corporation.

Eric D. Green, Resolutions, LLC, Boston, MA, for VFM.

OPINION

QUIST, District Judge.

Background

In this action, Plaintiffs, Wrench LLC ("Wrench"), Joseph Shields ("Shields"), and Thomas Rinks ("Rinks"), allege that Defendant, Taco Bell Corp. ("Taco Bell"), misappropriated their creative images, ideas, concepts, and designs for its own use without compensating them for use of their property. The alleged property in dispute is Plaintiffs' idea of featuring a live Chihuahua with a feisty...

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