Legal Opinion
Eveready Battery Co., Inc. v. Adolph Coors Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 15, 1991No. 91 C 2712PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Before the court is the motion of plaintiff Eveready Battery Company, Inc. (“Ever-eady”) for preliminary injunction. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is denied.
FACTS
This case arises from a recently made (and not yet aired) beer commercial 1 by defendant Adolph Coors Company (“Coors”) which spoofs a popular series of Eveready battery commercials featuring a pink mechanical toy bunny (the “Energizer Bunny”). 2 Eveready seeks to enjoin Coors’ use of the disputed beer commercial, alleging copyright infringement, trademark infringement under the Lanham Act,…
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