Legal Opinion

General Motors Corp. v. Urban Gorilla, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 12, 2007No. 06-4128PublishedCited by 117 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

General Motors Corporation (“GM”) appeals from the district court’s denial of a motion for preliminary injunction against Urban Gorilla, LLC (“Urban Gorilla”). GM alleges that Urban Gorilla’s “body kits” infringe upon and dilute GM’s trade dress rights in its Hummer line of vehicles. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that GM failed to make a strong showing of a likelihood of success on the merits, we AFFIRM.

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