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· 4/7/1995

Stuart Hall Company, Inc., a Missouri Corporation v. Ampad Corp., a Massachusetts Corporation

Citations

  • 51 F.3d 780
  • 34 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1428
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 7678
  • 1995 WL 150476

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the restaurant decor in Two Pesos arguably contained both “types” of trade dress
  • reading Two Pesos as \resting on a presumption that `trade dress' is a single concept that encompasses both product configuration and packaging\
  • reading Two Pesos as “resting on a presumption that ‘trade dress’ is a single concept that encompasses both product configuration and packaging”
  • rejecting the Duraco Products test as inconsistent with Two Pesos by imposing additional, non-statutory requirements
  • criticizing the distinction between product packaging and product configuration for purposes of trade dress law
  • exploring why the Duraco Products court treated restaurant decor as akin to product packaging and arguing that product configuration is a better parallel; under a unified approach, of course, the distinction would not make a difference

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Judges: Magill, Beam, Piersol

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