DORR-OLIVER INC. v. FLUID-QUIP, INC.

No. 93 C 842.

914 F.Supp. 210 (1995)

DORR-OLIVER INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, v. FLUID-QUIP, INC. and Andrew Franko, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

October 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Terry Rifkin, Mary Spaulding Burns, Rockey, Rifkin and Ryther, Chicago, IL, John P. Luther, Andrew L. Tiajoloff, Alfred H. Hemingway, Jr., Edward P. Kelly, John E. Lynch, Felfe & Lynch, New York, NY, for Dorr-Oliver Inc., plaintiff.

Thomas W. Flynn, Thomas & Buckley, Chicago, IL, Bruce E. Peacock, Thomas W. Flynn, Matthew R. Jenkins, Biebel & French, Dayton, OH, for Fluid-Quip, Inc., defendant.

William Terry Rifkin, Mary Spaulding Burns, Rockey, Rifkin and Ryther, Chicago, IL, John P. Luther, Andrew L. Tiajoloff, Alfred H. Hemingway, Jr., Felfe & Lynch, New York City, for Dorr-Oliver, Inc., counter-defendant.

Thomas W. Flynn, Thomas & Buckley, Chicago, IL, Bruce E. Peacock, Thomas W. Flynn, Matthew R. Jenkins, Biebel & French, Dayton, OH, Patricia Susan Smart, John Bostjancich, Smart & Bostjancich, Chicago, IL, for Fluid-Quip, Inc., counter-claimant.

Bruce E. Peacock, Thomas W. Flynn, Matthew R. Jenkins, Biebel & French, Dayton, OH, Patricia Susan Smart, John Bostjancich, Smart & Bostjancich, Chicago, IL, for Andrew Franko, Pic Tek, Inc., counter-claimants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

On April 15, 1995, the court issued a memorandum opinion and order finding against plaintiff Dorr-Oliver Incorporated ("Dorr-Oliver") on the issue of whether Dorr-Oliver had a trademark right in the name "clamshell" for its Dorr-Clone starch washing machine, but finding in Dorr-Oliver's favor on the issue of trade dress for that machine. The court concluded that Dorr-Oliver was entitled to relief...

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