Sip-Top, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Ekco Group, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Ekco Housewares, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Sip-Top, Inc. (Sip-Top) appeals the district court’s 1 order entering judgment as a matter of law for Ekco Group, Inc. and Ekco Housewares, Inc. (collectively Ekco). Because Sip- Top relies on unreasonable inferences and speculation in attempting to prove each of its various theories of recovery, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1989, Sip-Top began producing and marketing a consumer product, under the trademark name SIP-TOP, designed to hold a straw and fit over the top of a beverage can. This product consisted of four components, namely a plastic lid, a straw, a plastic cap for…