Legal Opinion
Levi Strauss & Co., a Delaware Corporation v. Blue Bell, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1985No. 82-4684PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
Levi Strauss & Co. has brought this action against Blue Bell, Inc., seeking damages and injunctive relief for federal trademark infringement, 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (1982), and false designation of origin, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1982),1 and, under Califor*1354nia state law, for trademark infringement, unfair competition and trademark dilution. The claimed trademark is for a pocket tab, which Strauss describes as a folded cloth ribbon sewn in the vertical seam of a “garment patch pocket.” Blue Bell is alleged to have violated Strauss’s trademark rights by using a horizontal tab,…
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