United States Shoe Corp. v. Brown Group, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

Plaintiff United States Shoe Corp. (“U.S. Shoe”), asserts trademark violation and unfair competition against Brown Group, Inc., in connection with the advertising and sale of women’s dress shoes. Plaintiff advertises its women’s dress pumps under the slogan and musical jingle, “Looks Like a Pump, Feels Like a Sneaker.” Defendant has launched an advertising campaign that compares its pump to a sneaker and asserts that it “feels like a sneaker.” Plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction barring defendant from using the phrase. An evidentiary hearing was…