Legal Opinion

Ambrit, Inc. v. Kraft, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided December 10, 1986No. 85-3609PublishedCited by 249 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a variety of questions involving trade dress and trademark rights. The parties are competitors in the ice cream novelty market. The principal *1533question in this controversy is whether the trade dress of Kraft’s Polar B’ar infringes the trade dress of Isaly’s Klondike bar. The district court answered “Yes” to this question. 619 F.Supp. 983. We affirm, holding that the district court’s findings were not clearly erroneous and that the court’s conclusions of law were correct.

FACTS

The plaintiff in this action, the Isaly Company, Inc., (“Isaly”),1 is…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  2. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Amstar Corporation v. Domino's Pizza, Inc. And Atlanta Pizza, Inc., Pizza Enterprises, Inc. And Pizza Services, Inc., Hanna Creative Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by249 opinions

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  4. Planetary Motion, Inc. v. Techsplosion, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  5. Al-Site Corporation and Magnivision, Inc. v. Vsi International, Inc. And Myron Orlinsky, Defendants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999

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