Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 2011No. 10-3519PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Toilet paper. This case is about toilet paper. Are there many other things most people use every day but think very little about? We doubt it. But then again, only a select few of us work in the rarefied air inhabited by top-rate intellectual property lawyers who specialize in presenting and defending claims of unfair competition and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. And the lawyers on both sides of this dispute are truly first-rate. Together they cite some 119 cases and 20 federal statutes (albeit with a little overlap) in their…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
- Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Anthony D. Buie v. Quad/graphics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Thomas & Betts Corporation and Thomas & Betts Holdings, Inc. v. Panduit CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by59 opinions
- Colbert v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- James Donald v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
- McAirlaids, Inc. v. Kimberly-Clark CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
- Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2012
- Joshua Young v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
54 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.