Legal Opinion
George Zelinski, Jr. And Pin Breaker, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Columbia 300, Inc., a Texas Corporation, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 2003No. 02-2431, 02-2574PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Columbia 300 sold bowling balls and manufactured boxes under the federally registered mark “Pin Breaker” — without the written permission of George Zelinski, Jr., the owner of the mark. Zelinski and Pin Breaker, Inc. (which Zelinski eo-owns with his father) sued Columbia and won actual and punitive damages. The parties filed post-trial motions and, while Columbia still lost the war, it won a major battle *637when the district court vacated the punitive damages award. Both parties appeal.
In 1990 Zelinski and his father founded Pin Breaker, Inc., a small company that…
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