Legal Opinion
Squirtco, Cross-Appellee v. The Seven-Up Company, a Missouri Corporation and Seven-Up U.S.A., Inc., a Missouri Corporation, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1980No. 79-2003, 79-2054PublishedCited by 243 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in a trademark action brought by the Squirt Company, which has since changed its name to SquirtCo, against The Seven-Up Company and Seven-Up U.S.A., Inc., over introduction of the QUIRST trademark. Seven-Up appeals from the district court’s permanent injunction against its use of QUIRST on a noncarbonated lemonade drink because it infringed on SquirtCo’s use of SQUIRT on a carbonated grapefruit drink. SquirtCo cross-appeals from the dismissal of its pendent claim for tortious interference by Seven-Up with contracts between SquirtCo and its…
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