Am General Corporation V. Daimlerchrysler

Plaintiffs AM General Corporation ("AM General") and General Motors Corporation ("GM") brought a declaratory judgment action in the district court asking the court to find that the front-end grille design of their recently developed H2 *fn1 sport utility vehicle ("SUV") does not dilute or infringe upon a trademark held by the Defendant, DaimlerChrysler Corporation ("DaimlerChrysler"), for a similar looking grille on DaimlerChrysler's line of Jeep SUVs. DaimlerChrysler then filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against GM's use of the grille design on the then yet-to-be released H2. *fn2