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· 7/26/1982

Ideal Toy Corporation v. Plawner Toy Mfg. Corp.

Citations

  • 685 F.2d 78
  • 216 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 102
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 17114

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • relying on a consumer survey showing participants an imitation product and asking them to identify the manufacturer
  • “When the primary significance of the trade dress to a consumer is in designating not the product but its producer, the trade dress has acquired secondary meaning”
  • “When the primary significance of the trade dress to a consumer is in designating not the product but its producer, the trade dress has acquired secondary meaning”
  • look-alike version of \Rubik's Cube\ used in survey
  • \[P]reliminary injunctions are intended to meet exigent circumstances[.]\
  • look-alike version of “Rubik’s Cube” used in survey

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Judges: Aldisert, Gibbons, Higginbotham

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