Legal Opinion
Dyson, Inc. v. Sharkninja Operating LLC
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 26, 2017No. Case No. 14 C 9442PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Joan B. Gottschall, United States District Judge
The Lanham Act does not protect sellers from competition from better or cheaper products, but it does protect sellers “from having their customers lured away from them by deceptive ads.” Schering-Plough Healthcare Prod., Inc. v. Schwarz Pharma, Inc., 586 F.3d 500, 512 (7th Cir. 2009). Believing it was losing too many customers to- the allegedly false :and misleading claims of its competitor, plaintiff Dyson, Inc. filed this suit against defendants Sharkninja Operating LLC and Sharkninja Sales Company (together…
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