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FORTRES GRAND CORP. v. WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT

No. 13-2337.

763 F.3d 696 (2014)

FORTRES GRAND CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Barengolts , Attorney, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, Christopher R. Putt , Attorney, May, Oberfell & Lorber, Mishawaka, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew H. Bart , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, Keith V. Porapaiboon , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MANION, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Fortres Grand Corporation develops and sells a desktop management program called "Clean Slate." When Warner Bros. Entertainment used the words "the clean slate" to describe a hacking program in the movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Fortres Grand noticed a precipitous drop in sales of its software. Believing Warner Bros.' use of the words "clean slate" infringed its trademark and caused the decrease in sales, Fortres Grand brought this suit...

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