MITCHELL ET AL.

v.

INGRAM, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION OF TENNESSEE, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (88 total)

• Inwood Labs., Inc. v. Ives Labs., Inc., 456 U.S. 844 (U.S. 1982)
  …that functionality of a copied feature bars relief in section 43(a) claims for trade dress infringement or product imitation has become the plurality view”). See, e. g., Truck Equip. Serv. Co. v. Fruehauf Corp., 536 F. 2d 1210 (CA8), cert. denied, 429 U. S. 861 (1976); Warner Bros., Inc. v. Gay Toys, Inc., 658 F. 2d 76 (CA2 1981). See also Note, 82 Colum. L. Rev., supra, at 78-80. This is not to suggest that the copying of a functional feature protects a defendant from § 32 liability predicated on active…
• John H. Harland Co. v. Clarke Checks, Inc., 711 F.2d 966 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …(distinctive book covers protected against trade dress infringement); Truck Equipment Service Co. v. Fruehauf Corp., 536 F. 2d 1210 (8th Cir.) (unique exterior design of twin hopper bottomed grain semi-trailer protected under § 43(a)), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 861, 97 S.Ct. 164, 50 L.Ed.2d 139 (1976). In order to prevail on a claim for trade dress infringement under § 43(a), plaintiff must prove three basic things: “[T]hat the trade dress of the two products is confusingly similar, that the features of the t…
• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd., 604 F.2d 200 (2d Cir. 1979)
  …ng,5 the design may become a trademark even if the item itself is functional. Ives Laboratories, Inc. v. Darby Drug Co., 601 F. 2d 631, 642 (2d Cir. 1979); Truck Equipment Service Co. v. Fruehauf Corp., 536 F. 2d 1210, 1215 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 861, 97 S.Ct. 164, 50 L.Ed.2d 139 (1976). Moreover, when a feature of the construction of the item is arbitrary, the feature may become a trademark even though it serves a useful purpose. In [*204] re Deister Concentrator Co., 289 F. 2d 496, 506, 48 C.…