Legal Opinion
Zip Dee, Inc. v. DOMETIC CORPORATION
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 29, 1995No. 93 C 3200PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
In this, the most recent skirmish in an ongoing battle between Zip Dee, Inc. (“Zip Dee”) and The Dometie Corporation (“Dom-etic”) over patent and trademark rights in slatted awning covers for recreational vehicles, Zip Dee has renewed its Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 12(f) motion to strike Dometic’s Twelfth Affirmative Defense (“AD 12”). Specifically Zip Dee argues that Dometie will be unable to prove any set of facts showing that Zip Dee engaged in inequitable conduct 1 in the course of acquiring a trademark for the overall configuration of…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Eco Manufacturing LLC v. Honeywell International, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2003
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- Specialized Seating, Inc. v. Greenwich Industries, L.P.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2007
- Zip Dee, Inc. v. Dometic Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1996
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