Legal Opinion
NIKE, Inc. v. "JUST DID IT" Enterprises
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 1993No. 92-3303PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Humor, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. When artist Michael Stanard designed and sold t-shirts and sweatshirts with a “swoosh” design identical to Nike, Inc.’s, but with the word Mike instead, Nike saw no humor and sued for trademark infringement. Stanard responded with a parody defense. The district court granted Nike’s motion for summary judgment, 799 F.Supp. 894. We reverse and remand.
I. Background
Nike manufactures and markets footwear, apparel and related accessories. To identify with its products, it has used the word NIKE and/or a swoosh design as its…
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