AbbVie donating $100M to Ronald McDonald House
Drugmaker AbbVie is donating $100 million to Ronald McDonald House Charities, which help provide housing to pediatric patients and their families throughout the U.S.
The donation announced Monday is the single largest ever gift to Chicago-based charity network. The money will be used to build housing in at least 26 states and at 32 Ronald McDonald Houses.
The network said more than 600 sleeping rooms are being added that will allow for 230,000 additional night stays by families wanting to stay close to children undergoing hospital treatment. Some money also will go toward family expenses such as food, laundry services, parking, as well as toward the construction of classrooms and playrooms.
North Chicago-based AbbVie makes the arthritis treatment Humira, which is the world’s biggest-selling drug by revenue.
Dylan’s Chicago-based whiskey faces lawsuit over logo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Heaven Hill Distillery of Kentucky is taking Bob Dylan’s whiskey company to court, claiming trademark infringement involving its logo.
Heaven’s Door Spirits is co-owned by the musician and debuted this year.
WDRB-TV reported that a Heaven Hill lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to Chicago-based Heaven’s Door in April, saying its “stacked” logo is similar to Heaven Hill’s. The lawsuit says Heaven’s Door attorneys replied that they didn’t expect confusion over the logos and didn’t plan to change or comply with the demands.
Heaven’s Door is a reference to Dylan’s song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”
The lawsuit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Louisville. It said Bardstownbased Heaven Hill has used the trademark for more than 80 years. Heaven’s Door didn’t immediately respond to a request from the station for comment.