Legal Opinion
Liquid Controls Corporation v. Liquid Control Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1986No. 85-2620PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Liquid Controls Corporation (“Liquid Controls”) sued defendant Liquid Control Corporation (“Liquid”), alleging violations of the Lanham Act and the Illinois law of unfair competition and deceptive trade practices. The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
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Plaintiff Liquid Controls is an Illinois corporation, with its principal place of business in Illinois, that manufactures and sells meters for measuring the flow of liquids. It has used “Liquid Controls” both as its corporate name and to identify its products since…
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