Towle Manufacturing Co. v. Godinger Silver Art Co.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Towle Manufacturing Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Galway Crystal, Ltd., (hereinafter “Galway” or “plaintiff”) are currently engaged in the manufacture and sale of glassware and crystal items; one of their products, a decorative mouthblown and hand-cut crystal baby bottle (“Galway baby bottle”), is the subject of this litigation. Defendant Godinger Silver Art Co., Ltd. (“Godinger”) manufactures and distributes items of glassware and silver, one of which is a pressed glass, machine-made decorative baby bottle (“Godinger baby bottle”).…