National Football League Properties, Inc. v. Consumer Enterprises, Inc.

Defendant, Consumer Enterprises, Inc., appeals from an order of the circuit court granting plaintiff a preliminary injunction. The order enjoins defendant from: (1) manufacturing or selling emblems bearing the identifying marks used by the member clubs of the National Football League, “including the names by which such clubs are known to the public and the designs and symbols and team colors used to identify and refer to such clubs” or anything “confusingly similar thereto”; (2) representing that any articles sold by defendant are sponsored or authorized by plaintiff or the member clubs; and…