July 16, 2020
An Illinois federal court has denied a Chicago hotel owner's renewed bid for attorney fees after he was accused of trademark violations for marketing his property under the name "Hotel Chicago," finding he hadn't shown the case was exceptionally weak or frivolous.
February 03, 2017
An Illinois federal judge Friday told a Chicago business owner that he could continue to market his hotel under the name "Hotel Chicago" despite the objections of a Marriott-affiliated competitor and the recommendation of a magistrate judge that the usage be blocked.
September 09, 2016
A Chicago dealership owner facing a federal trademark suit over his recently opened hotel took aim Thursday at a magistratical recommendation to temporarily prohibit him from operating the lodging as "Hotel Chicago," saying the recommendation does not account for questions of trademark ownership and validity.
August 26, 2016
A federal magistrate judge recommended temporarily blocking a car dealership owner from using "Hotel Chicago" to advertise his recently opened hotel, saying Thursday that a Marriott-affiliated competitor has a good chance of a winning a trademark case against him.
August 17, 2016
The owner of a Chicago hotel at the center of a trademark lawsuit on Tuesday said that he never should have been named a party to the suit, accusing his Marriott International Inc.-affiliated competitor of suing him due to his status as a well-known car salesman in Chicago.
August 11, 2016
The owners of a Marriott International Inc. affiliated-hotel that calls itself Hotel Chicago on Thursday disputed the assertions of a competitor that says it was the first to use the same name to describe its business, with the Marriott hotel saying it was up and running two years before its competitor came to market.
July 29, 2016
The operators of a hotel in Chicago, who use the name Hotel Chicago, have urged an Illinois federal court to clear them of infringement charges in a trademark suit, saying that opposing counsel for another hotel bearing the same name "should know the rules" of intellectual property litigation and that their contentions clearly break them.
July 01, 2016
The operator of Hotel Chicago, a Marriott International Inc.-affiliated hotel, filed suit in Illinois federal court on Thursday against the owner and operators of another nearby hotel with the same name, claiming trademark infringement under the state's common law.