Legal Opinion
Hot Wax, Inc. v. Turtle Wax, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1999No. 98-3981PublishedCited by 235 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Hot Wax, Inc., brought this action against Turtle Wax, Inc., for false advertising and false promotion under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act seeking damages and in-junctive relief. The district court granted Turtle Wax’s motion for summary judgment after concluding that the doctrine of laches barred Hot Wax’s pursuit of all requested relief. Because we agree with the district court’s conclusion that the doctrine of laches applies in this case, we affirm.
I. History
Hot Wax and Turtle Wax are competitors in the automated earwash/car wax industry. In the late 1960’s and early…
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