Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Cello, Ltd., and Mark Levinson, Cross-Appellees

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• rebuking trial judge for appointing special master because the judge stated he did not \understand anything about the merits of any patent or trademark case\ and was \not about to educate [himself] in that jungle\
• rebuking trial judge for appointing special master because the judge stated he did not \understand anything about the merits of any patent or trademark case\ and was \not about to educate [himself] in that jungle\
• existence of Lanham Act violation turns on the scope of the right that was sold to use defendant’s personal name
• “intention to convey an exclusive right to the use of [his] own name” must be “clearly shown”
• “[T]he degree of protection afforded a trade name depends upon the ‘strength’ of its secondary meaning.”

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