United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's use of Plaintiff's mark in the meta tags within the source code of its web site is probative of wrongful intent and justifies weighing that factor heavily in the likelihood of confusion analysis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2000
• Published 11/21/2000

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey A. Schwab (argued), Abelman, Frayne & Schwab, New York, NY, James H. Ham, III, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiff-appellee., R. Lawrence Bonner (argued), Homer, Bonner & Delgado, Miami, FL, for defendants-appellants.