CHICAGO, Feb. 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Robert J. Corr, owner of Rush Beverages, Inc., announces a lawsuit accusing PepsiCo, several of their units, and their attorneys of using "corruptly and fraudulently begotten" court judgments, implicating a Federal Judge, to destroy the trademark and contract rights of a Chicago-area beverage company owner.
Robert J. Corr, marketer of "Ginseng Rush", brought a state court civil damage suit naming PepsiCo, their units, and their attorneys as defendants.
Among other claims, in the suit filed February 15, 2005, Corr charges the Pepsi defendants with corporate espionage, theft of Corr's original documents, books, and records, interference with Corr's business, and misappropriation of his trade secrets.
Corr contends that the PepsiCo defendants arranged for and benefited from the burglary of his office in 2002, and that his original records were delivered in garbage bags to PepsiCo's attorneys who admitted having his records, but refused to return them. Original records are better than copy machine copies when used as evidence at trials and elsewhere.
As a result of the theft, Corr was unable to make a timely renewal of his trademark registration for the "Ginseng Rush" beverage which he markets.
A document attached to the lawsuit details how a Chicago federal judge, to benefit PepsiCo, himself and the others, perpetrated a fraud upon his own court and committed obstructions of justice. The judge, Corr states, unlawfully sat as a judge in his own case.
For many years Corr declares, "Red Bull" has been trying to eliminate or invalidate his trademark, Ginseng Rush. Red Bull has successfully opposed the trademark registration of Ginseng Rush, a product that has been sold in North America for over 27 years. A potential settlement is being considered by both companies.