Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Beautone Specialties, Co.

ORDER

DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Based on a review of the file, record, and proceedings herein, the court grants defendants’ motion in part and denies it in part.

DISCUSSION

This case arises out of a trademark dispute between rival sticky note manufacturers, plaintiff Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Inc. (“3M”) and defendants Beautone Specialties Co., Ltd (“Beautone”) and Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Mfg. Co. Ltd. (“Hopax”). Beautone is a subsidiary of Hopax. In the late 1970s, 3M created a brand of sticky notes under the…