Legal Opinion
Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. v. Sealy, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 11, 1978No. Nos. 77-1239, 77-1240PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
Sealy, Incorporated (Sealy) owns trademarks for the “Sealy” brand of mattresses, mattress foundations, and other bedding products. The Sealy brand enjoys substantial national consumer popularity, and Sealy licenses its trademarks to fifteen independent manufacturers, each of which has the primary responsibility to make and sell Sealy products in a defined territory or territories. Sealy receives license royalties, provides uniform product specifications, and also provides for the benefit of its licensees substantial national advertising, product development services,…
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