Motorola v. CheechInc.

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.

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