S INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CENTRA 2000, INC.

No. 00-2462.

249 F.3d 625 (2001)

S INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRA 2000, INCORPORATED and Auto-Trol Technology, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Valas (argued), Memphis, TN, Pasquale Cantarelli, Cantarelli & Galasek, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Linda K. Stevens (argued), Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Peter M. Lancaster, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In 1996 S Industries, Inc. filed suit alleging, among other things, that Centra 2000, a producer of data management software, infringed its "Sentra" trademark in violation of the Lanham Act. In a comprehensive summary judgment order, District Judge George W. Lindberg ruled in favor of Centra 2000, finding that S Industries did not hold a federal registration for the "Sentra" mark for use on computer hardware or software. Both because...

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