Walker & Zanger, Inc. v. Paragon Industries, Inc.

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• granting 22 summary judgment on Lanham Act and state law unfair competition claims because they 23 are “substantially congruent”
• “[A]dvertising must 2 direct the consumer to those features claimed as trade dress; merely ‘featuring’ the relevant 3 aspect of the product does not suffice.”
• finding at summary judgment 8 that defendant’s admission of directing speech to at least one nonparty was insufficient 9 dissemination where potential purchasers were not relatively limited in number
• “In the Ninth Circuit, claims of 10 unfair competition and false advertising under . . . common law are ‘substantially 11 congruent’ to claims made under the Lanham Act.”
• “[I]n the Ninth Circuit, 15 claims of unfair competition and false advertising under state statutory and common law 16 are ‘substantially congruent’ to claims made under the Lanham Act”
• granting summary judgment after finding trade dress was not protectable

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