Legal Opinion
Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 2013No. 13-2559PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a trademark infringement suit (see Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq.) brought by Kraft against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (we can disregard the other parties). The district judge granted Kraft a preliminary injunction against the sale by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store of food products to grocery stores under the name Cracker Barrel, which is a registered trademark of Kraft. To prevent confusion (an especially apt goal in a trademark case), we’ll call Cracker Barrel Old Country Store “CBOCS,” as do the parties.
Kraft is a well-known manufacturer of food…
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