Illinois Tamale Company, Inc. v. LC Trademarks, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

1:24-cv-05210

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

840 Trademark

Judge:

Honorable Jeremy C. Daniel

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  1. January 17, 2025

    Little Caesars Reaches Deal Over 'Pizza Puff' Injunction Stay

    Little Caesars has said it will immediately take down in-store and online references to its muffin-pizza appetizers as "pizza puffs" — ending a fight with the company that owns the trademark for the term over whether an Illinois federal judge should wait to enforce his injunction — but was given several weeks to phase out the phrase in drive-throughs. 

  2. January 06, 2025

    'Pizza Puff' Maker Fights Little Caesars' Injunction Stay Bid

    An Illinois federal judge shouldn't wait to enforce his order blocking Little Caesars from marketing its latest pizza muffin appetizer as "pizza puffs" because the chain won't convince the Seventh Circuit the term is generic, the company behind the trademarked fried pizza product argued Monday.

  3. December 20, 2024

    Little Caesars Can Sell 'Crazy Puffs' During Pizza TM Suit

    Little Caesars can continue selling its "Crazy Puffs" muffin pizza appetizers while it fights a trademark suit over their name, but the chain must immediately stop describing them as "pizza puffs" in its marketing materials, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  4. October 23, 2024

    'Where's The Puff?' Judge Asks In Little Caesars IP Battle

    An Illinois federal judge asked Little Caesars Wednesday what was so puffy about its recent "Crazy Puffs" products, as a Chicago-based company that makes "Pizza Puffs" argued the chain is infringing trademarks it has held for nearly half a century.