Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.

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• holding that a product's unregistered trade dress in the form of product design is protectable upon a showing of secondary meaning
• holding that a product’s unregistered trade dress in the form of product design is protectable upon a showing of secondary meaning
• holding that product design trade dress is not inherently distinctive, and that designs could not be protected under § 43(a
• holding that “trade dress constitutes a ‘symbol’ or ‘device’ for purposes of the” Lanham Act’s definition of “trademark”
• holding that a product’s design is distinctive only upon a showing of secondary meaning
• holding that Lanham Act protection extends to product designs, as well as trademarks

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