SPECHT v. GOOGLE INC.

No. 11-3317.

747 F.3d 929 (2014)

Erich SPECHT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GOOGLE INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Murphy , Attorney, Law Office of Martin J. Murphy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Herbert H. Finn , Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ROVNER, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

During the dot-com boom of the 1990s, Erich Specht founded Android Data Corporation, and registered the "Android Data" trademark. The company ceased principal operations in 2002, but the Android Data mark remained registered to it. Five years later, Google Inc. rolled out its new Android operating system for mobile phones. Specht responded with this suit against Google, alleging primarily that, by releasing the Android operating system, Google...

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