Citation[]
Motorola, Inc. v. CheechInc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6727 (N.D. Ill. May 3, 2000).
Factual Background[]
Plaintiff, owner of the federally registered MOTOROLA trademark for telecommunications products such as pagers, sued defendant for trademark infringement and trademark dilution. Defendant markets, distributes, and sells a storage unit resembling a paging device under the word mark MOJOROLA and under a logo similar to plaintiff’s. Defendant promoted this storage device at its “cheechinc.com” website. Defendant also owned the domain name “mojorola.com.”
Trial Court Proceedings[]
Pursuant to a permanent injunction by consent, the court found that defendant’s actions constituted trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition under federal and state law, and permanently enjoined defendant from: (1) using the MOJOROLA mark and any confusingly similar marks; (2) performing any act likely to dilute by blurring or tarnishing the MOTOROLA mark; and (3) transferring the domain name “mojorola.com” to a third party. Defendant was also ordered to assign the “mojorola.com” domain name to plaintiff and to remove all images of the infringing storage unit from its “cheechinc.com” website.
Source[]
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