Legal Opinion
Big Top USA, Inc. v. Wittern Group
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 6, 1998No. Civil Action 97-10316-PBSPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
SARIS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This case is about a giant gumball machine with a circus theme. Plaintiff Big Top USA, Inc. (“Big Top”) developed and marketed a 82-inch tall, 300-pound gumball vending and amusement machine for operation in retail locations. Poised, or so its principals thought, to place its mouth-catching machines in Wal-Mart stores across the United States, Big Top suddenly found itself losing major potential buyers. It attributes its dire financial ’ straits to a strikingly similar “knock-off’ gumball machine…
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