Legal Opinion
North Carolina Dairy Foundation, Inc. v. Foremost-McKesson, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 19, 1979No. Civ. No. 40485PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RACANELLI, P. J.
Defendants, Foremost-McKesson, Inc. and Weyerhaeuser Company, appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiffs, North Carolina Dairy Foundation, Inc; (Foundation), G. P. Gundlach & Company, and Knudsen Corporation, enjoining defendants from infringing upon plaintiffs’ trademark “Sweet Acidophilus” (hereafter “SA”) or engaging in any domestic marketing *103activities using such trademark or any colorable imitation. Defendants contend that the trial court’s findings that the term is a protectable trademark through acquisition of a secondary…
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