Legal Opinion
University Healthsystem Consortium v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 19, 2014No. Case No. 13 CV 6683PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT M. DOW, Jr., United States District Judge
Although four-letter words have a reputation for causing trouble, it is a three-letter acronym, UHC, that has precipitated the present dispute between Plaintiff University Healthsystem Consortium and Defendant UnitedHealth Group, Incorporated. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant improperly has used its trademark, “UHC,” in connection with healthcare-related services. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant violated the federal Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq., by willfully infringing a federally registered trademark,…
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