Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Four-U-Packaging, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2012No. 11-4394PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP asserted numerous claims against Four-U-Packaging, Inc., (“Four-U”) alleging that Four-U’s supply of off-brand paper towels for use in Georgia-Pacific paper-towel dispensers infringed on its trademarks. Four-U moved for summary judgment, arguing that the claims were barred by the ruling in a similar case brought by Georgia-Pacific in Arkansas against a different distributor of generic paper towels. The district court granted summary judgment to Four-U. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
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Plaintiffs Georgia-Pacific Consumer…
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