Legal Opinion
Ty, Inc. v. The Jones Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 2001No. 00-2746PublishedCited by 384 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
The Jones Group, Inc. (“Jones”) manufactures and sells “Beanie Racers,” which are plush toys shaped like race cars. Ty, which sells plush toys under the name “Beanie Babies,” obtained a preliminary injunction against Jones, forcing it to stop producing and selling Beanie Racers. Jones asks us to reverse the magistrate judge’s grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of Ty on several grounds. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
I. Background
Ty in 1993 began selling plush toys throughout the United States under the name “Beanie Babies” and has sold over a billion…
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