Legal Opinion
Bodum USA, Inc. v. La Cafetiere, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 2010No. 09-1892PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
From the mid-1950s through 1991, Société des Anciens Etablissements Martin S.A. (“Martin”) distributed a successful French-press coffee maker known as the Chambord. A French-press coffee maker (called a cafetiére á piston in France) is a carafe in which hot water is mixed with coffee grounds. When the brewing is complete, a mesh screen attached to a rod drives the grounds to the bottom of the carafe. Clear coffee then can be poured from the top. In 1991 Bodum Holding purchased all of Martin’s stock. Today subsidiaries of Bodum Holding sell throughout the world coffee…
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