Legal Opinion
Sunmark, Inc. v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 1995No. 95-1017PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Sunmark produces Swee Taets, a popular fruit-flavored sugar candy most often sold in a tablet form similar to a brightly colored aspirin. Ocean Spray Cranberries produces a variety of sugar-flavored cranberry juice drinks that they often advertise as tasting sweet and tart — or “sweet-tart.” For want of a conjunction, Sunmark prays for an injunction; unhappy with the hyphenated version of the description, it has sued under the Lanham Act and the Illinois Anti-Dilution Act. After a three-day evidentiary hearing, a magistrate judge disparaged Sunmark’s chances of…
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