Valu Engineering, Inc. v. Rexnord Corporation

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 effect upon competition is really the crux of the functionality inquiry”
• finding functionality based on one particular use of the design that fell within the goods and services identified in the application, even if the design would not be functional as to other encompassed uses
• “We do not understand the Supreme Court’s decision in TrafFix to have altered the Morton-Norwich [functionality] analysis.”
• “Functionality is a question of fact, and depends on the totality of the evidence.” (internal citations omitted)
• “We do not understand the Supreme Court’s decision in TrafFix to have altered the Morton-Norwich analysis”
• “We do not understand the Supreme Court’s decision in TrafFix to have altered the Morton-Norwich analysis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).