Legal Opinion
Stormy Clime Ltd. v. Progroup, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 23, 1987No. 246, Docket 86-7576PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the application of the functionality defense in a trade dress infringement suit under section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1982), in which a manufacturer alleges that a competitor improperly copied the overall design of its product. The issue arises on an appeal by defendant-appellant ProGroup, Inc. from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Louis L. Stanton, Judge), entered at the request of plaintiff-appellee Stormy Clime Ltd., which preliminarily enjoined ProGroup from marketing a rainjacket.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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