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· 5/13/1988

Service Ideas, Inc. v. Traex Corporation

Citations

  • 846 F.2d 1118
  • 6 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1937
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 6895

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a district court has \substantial discretion to determine how close [is] 'too close....' \
  • affirming denial of a motion to modify an injunction to exclude a proposed redesigned product under the safe-distance rule
  • “defendant’s conduct was clearly reasonable and remanding on this issue would only serve to further delay this case, harass both parties and increase the cost of the litigation.”
  • purposeful copying of a beverage server’s arbitrary design indicated a lack of aesthetic functionality

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Judges: Cummings, Wood, Will

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