EVA'S BRIDAL LTD. v. HALANICK ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 10-2863.

639 F.3d 788 (2011)

EVA'S BRIDAL LTD. and Said Ghusein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HALANICK ENTERPRISES, INC., and Nayef Ghusein, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 10, 2011.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice J. Salem (argued), Attorney, Salem Law Office, Palos Heights, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Beverly M. Griffor (argued), Attorney, The Law Offices of Beverly M. Griffor, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, John Paul O'Brien , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

In 1966 Eva Sweis established in Chicago a shop that she called "Eva's Bridal." It sold dresses for brides and bridal parties. The venture was a success; Sweis allowed her children to open their own shops under the same name. The business passed to Said and Nancy Ghusein (née Sweis), who operate an "Eva's Bridal" shop in Oak Lawn, one of Chicago's suburbs. They have continued the pattern of licensing the name to relatives. Three years...

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