Legal Opinion
Vaughan Manufacturing Company v. Brikam International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 1987No. 85-3204PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Vaughan and its predecessors have manufactured and sold a particular folding table, “The Handy Table,” since the 1940’s. In recent years, Brikam began to make and vend a folding table, “The Fold-Out-Table,” which was virtually identical in appearance to “The Handy Table.” Alleging unfair competition through the appropriation of its trade dress, Vaughan sued under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act. 1 Vaughan secured a preliminary injunction and Brikam appeals. Brikam contends that the various elements that the district court found to constitute the trade dress are…
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