· 2/24/1994
Kealoha v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
Citations
- 844 F. Supp. 590
- 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2580
- 1994 WL 65192
How courts have described this case
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- granting summary judgment in favor of trademark holder who did not design, manufacture, or distribute allegedly defective product because mere failure to police a trademark does not subject trademark holder to tort liability
- \[T]he cost to a manufacturer of an inherently safe raw material to insure against all conceivable misuse of his product would be prohibitively expensive.\
- “[T]he cost to a manufacturer of an inherently safe raw material to insure against all conceivable misuse of his product would be prohibitively expensive.”
- supplier of safe raw material need not insure against conceivable misuse of material
- “[T]here would be no end to potential liability if every manufacturer of nuts, bolts and screws could be held liable when their hardware was used in a defective product.”
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Judges: Fong
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