Legal Opinion
Smart Inventions, Inc. v. Allied Communications Corp.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided March 20, 2000No. CV 00-00780 ABCPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE: SMART INVENTION’S APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
COLLINS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Smart Invention Inc.’s application for a preliminary injunction came on regularly for hearing before this Court on March 20, 2000. After reviewing the materials submitted by the parties, argument of counsel, and the case file, it is hereby ORDERED that the application is GRANTED with MODIFICATIONS.
I. Background
This case involves two competing direct marketing sellers of the same product — a disk-shaped battery-operated light that illuminates when its dome is pressed. Plaintiff markets its light…
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