Legal Opinion
Herman Miller, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Palazzetti Imports and Exports, Inc., Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 22, 2001No. 98-2363, 99-1019PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
“Beware of imitations,” warned a poster designed by Charles Eames for Herman Miller, Inc. in 1963. The poster instructed furniture customers to “enjoy the comfort of the real thing designed by Charles Eames for Herman Miller, Inc.” Over thirty years later, Herman Miller, Inc. (“Herman Miller”) filed a complaint in federal district court against a furniture company, Palazzetti Imports & Exports, Inc. (“Pa-lazzetti”), that it claims is producing imitations of a lounge chair and ottoman that Eames and his wife Ray designed for Herman Miller in 1956.
A jury returned a…
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