Minemyer v. B-Roc Representatives, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

The plaintiff produces plastic pipe couplers. The couplers are short lengths of sturdy plastic tube, with threads spiraling their way from both ends toward the center — think jar lid, with the lid being one end of the coupler and the pipe being the jar. In the center, there is a stop so that the pipes being connected wouldn’t actually touch. On the outside there are vertical grooves — the parties call them “flutes”— that provide a gripping surface to allow for tightening during installation. The couplers come in various…