Legal Opinion
Oakley, Inc. v. International Tropic-Cal, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 9, 1991No. 90-1300PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
International Tropic-Cal, Inc. (Tropic-Cal) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. CV 90-89 (February 26, 1990), granting a preliminary injunction to Oakley, Inc. (Oakley) which enjoins Tropic-Cal from infringing Design Patent No. Des. 293,450 (the ’450 patent) and from selling any sunglasses which are confusingly similar to Oakley’s sunglasses sold under its “BLADES” and “RAZOR BLADES” trademarks. We vacate the injunction and remand.
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The matter of preliminary injunctive relief is committed to the sound…
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