Accuride International, Inc. Standard Precision, Inc. v. Accuride Corporation

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• affirming the district court's holding that widespread use of elements of a trademark helped to defeat a dilution claim
• affirming the district court’s holding that widespread use of elements of a trademark helped to defeat a dilution claim
• rejecting argument that trade name infringement must be determined differently from trademark infringement
• upholding a district court’s finding of no dilution because the parties’ concurrent use of the mark for twenty-five years effectively precluded a finding that the value of the plaintiffs’ trade name could be diluted
• “All’s advertising and sales are insufficient to convert “Accuride” into a strong mark/name because of the parties concurrent use of that mark as a trademark.”
• requiring more than mere distinctiveness

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