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· 3/9/2009

Cintas Corp. v. Unite Here

Citations

  • 601 F. Supp. 2d 571
  • 185 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3417
  • 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21839
  • 2009 WL 604099

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing civil RICO claim predicated on alleged Hobbs Act extortion where defendants operated site critical of plaintiff that, among other things, sought to organize plaintiffs employees in a union
  • no initial interest confusion because no consumer looking for a uniform company’s website would mistakenly visit a site called cintasexposed.org and because site’s content was transparent in its disdain for Cintas
  • “Defendants' entire effort is directed at attacking Cintas. … Defendants are not using the “CINTAS” mark as a “source identifier”, but rather solely to criticize Cintas's corporate practices.”

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Judges: William H. Pauley

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