Legal Opinion
I.P. Lund Trading ApS v. Kohler Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 1998No. 98-1334, 98-1492PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s issuance of a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants Kohler Company and Robern, Inc. from selling the Kohler Falling Water faucet, a faucet resembling plaintiff Lund’s VOLA faucet. The VOLA faucet mounts on a wall, has been in the design collection at the Museum of Modern Art, and has a certain cachet among those who enjoy bathrooms and kitchens beautiful. Kohler intended to produce a faucet like Lund’s, but not identical to it, and hence designed the now-enjoined Falling Water faucet. Thei'e were two basic claims before…
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