Legal Opinion
Promatek Industries, Ltd. v. Equitrac Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 2002No. 00-4276PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the propriety of a preliminary injunction in which one competitor, Promatek, prevailed against another, Equitrac. The preliminary injunction was issued without a hearing and Equitrac had to place language on its web page to remedy violations of the Lanham Act. Equitrac now appeals that order and because the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Promatek and Equitrac are competitors in selling cost-recovery equipment. Equit-rac’s marketing department advised its web designer that certain words and phrases should be used…
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