Legal Opinion
Baldwin Piano, Inc. v. Deutsche Wurlitzer Gmbh
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 2004No. 04-1617PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The Wurlitzer Company, a producer of pianos, organs, jukeboxes, and other musical equipment throughout the world, was split up in 1985. Wurlitzer’s direct descendent, and proprietor of its organ and piano businesses, is Baldwin Piano. One of Wurlitzer’s former subsidiaries, Deutsche Wurlitzer GmbH, was spun off to Nelson Group Holdings Pty Ltd., an Australian firm. Deutsche Wurlitzer makes and sells jukeboxes and associated products bearing the Wurlitzer name. Multiple entities cannot own the same trademark for one field, such as music. See Forum Corp. v. Forum,…
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