Legal Opinion
Susan Spitz v. Proven Winners North America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2014No. 13-3084PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Susan Spitz, a freelance copywriter, developed a plan to market “pet safe plants” to the burgeoning pet supplies market. She pitched this idea to Amerinova, a company that develops and licenses plant varieties. Although Amerinova expressed interest, the project eventually stalled. When Spitz discovered that Proven Winners, a company partially owned by the owners of Amerinova, had described some of its plants as “pet friendly” on its website and plant tags, she sued. Her suit seeks damages for breach of an alleged agreement with Amerinova. But Spitz did not sue Amerinova…
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