Milo Enterprises, Inc. v. Bird-X, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MILO ENTERPRISES, INC, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 18 C 6315 v. ) ) Judge John Z. Lee BIRD-X, INC. ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Milo Enterprises, Inc. (“Milo”) and Defendant Bird-X, Inc. (“Bird-X”) are both corporations that produce bird repellant products, including balloons intended to scare birds away. Milo markets its own bird repellant balloons under the name VisualScare and describes them as “Scary Eye Balloons.” Bird-X has trademarked its line of bird repellant balloons…