Rockford’s Fire Dept. Coffee Settles Logo Lawsuit With Chicago Fire Dept.
From: mystateline.com
Fire Department Coffee, the locally run company which donates a portion of its proceeds to a different military and first responder charities, announced Wednesday that it had settled a lawsuit with the Chicago Fire Department over logo infringement.
The City of Chicago sued Fire Department Coffee for trademark infringement, claiming the coffee company ripped off the logo of the Chicago Fire Department.
In the lawsuit, the City alleged that Fire Department Coffee’s logo, which consists of a red stylized monogram of superimposed or intertwined letters F,D, and C, could create confusion with customers, leading them to believe that Chicago has endorsed or sponsored the product.
According to the lawsuit, the City says it used the CFD logo starting in January 1949, and registered it as a trademark in 2006.
