CHICAGO - Tribune Co. has filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit to block Fox News Channel from using the name "Red Eye" for its late-night talk show.
Tribune, which publishes the Chicago Tribune and RedEye, a free weekday tabloid aimed mostly at readers in their 20s and 30s, wants Fox News to stop advertisements and other promotions that contain the Red Eye name.
Tribune also wants unspecified damages, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
News Corp.-owned Fox News launched Red Eye with host Greg Gutfeld, blogger and former editor of Stuff magazine, on Feb. 6.
The paper and the program both feature current events, politics and pop culture. Because of the similarities, television viewers "are quite likely to assume that Fox and the RedEye products owned by Tribune are collaborating, thereby causing confusion," the lawsuit states.
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