Case: Trademarks/Injunctions (7th Cir.)

The Seventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of a federal district court in Illinois denying Illinois Tamale Company Inc. a preliminary injunction in its trademark infringement action against LC Trademarks Inc. and Little Caesar Enterprises Inc., based on Little Caesars’ advertising for its “Crazy Puffs” food product. The appeals court said that the district court erred in concluding that Illinois Tamale Co. showed it was likely to succeed on the merits of its trademark infringement claim pertaining to “Pizza Puff,” and affirmed the denial of the preliminary injunction as to “Crazy Puff” and “Puff.”