Legal Opinion
Am General Corporation and General Motors Corporation v. Daimlerchrysler Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 2002No. 02-1816PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs AM General Corporation (“AM General”) and General Motors Corporation (“GM”) brought a declaratory judgment action in the district court asking the court to find that the front-end grille design of their recently developed H2 1 sport utility vehicle (“SUV”) does not dilute or infringe upon a trademark held by the Defendant, DaimlerChrysler Corporation (“Daimler-Chrysler”), for a similar looking grille on DaimlerChrysler’s line of Jeep SUVs. DaimlerChrysler then filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against GM’s use of the grille design on the then…
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