Legal Opinion
Plasticolor Molded Products v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 28, 1989No. CV 85-3863-AK (Tx)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge. *
The use of trademarks to identify the source of products is as old as the modern market economy. While the use of marks to signify ownership of goods dates back thousands of years, 1 the trademark as we know it today most likely originated with the medieval guilds of Europe, who often required members to identify their products “to facilitate the tracing of ‘false’ or defective wares and the punishment of the offending craftsman.” F. Schechter, The Historical Foundations of the Law Relating to Trade-marks 47 (1925). As markets for durable goods grew larger,…
2Cases cited65 opinions
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- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- Sega Enterprises Ltd., a Japanese Corporation v. Accolade, Inc., a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Exxon Corporation v. Oxxford Clothes, Inc. And Oxxford Clothes Xx, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Xerox Corp. v. Apple Computer, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1990
- Ford Motor Co. v. Lloyd Design Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- Plasticolor Molded Products, Inc. v. Ford Motor CompanyDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1991
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