This lawsuit over hot dogs failed to cut the mustard. A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Tyson Foods Inc and its Hillshire Brands unit of infringing a trademark belonging to the maker of Parks' sausages when they used "Park's Finest" to describe a line of their Ball Park hot dogs. In a decision late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Leeson in Allentown, Pennsylvania said the defendants' use of "Park's Finest" was unlikely to confuse a large number of consumers into thinking the plaintiff Parks LLC made them.
