Legal Opinion
Basf Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Old World Trading Company, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 16, 1994No. 92-3471, 92-3486, 92-3645 and 92-3928PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
BASF and Old World Trading Company, a privately held Illinois corporation, are competitors in the antifreeze market. In the 1980s, Old World advertised that its antifreeze met certain industry specifications; BASF contended that Old World had never actually tested its antifreeze to determine whether it met the specifications. BASF brought suit for false advertising under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1982), and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505 et seq. Old World counterclaimed for common law commercial defamation and…
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