Legal Opinion
W.H. Brady Co. v. Lem Products, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 30, 1987No. 76 C 3444PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NORDBERG, District Judge.
Plaintiff W.H. Brady Co. (“Brady”) and defendant Lem Products, Inc. (“Lem”) both manufacture wire marking systems. In its complaint, Brady contends that Lem has infringed and continues to infringe Brady’s trademarks in the color blue, which Brady uses on its wire marker cards, and in the alpha-numeric designations B-184 and B-500, which Brady uses to designate certain aluminum foil and vinyl cloth wire markers. According to Brady, such infringement violates Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), common law trademark…
2Cases cited74 opinions
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- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by11 opinions
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