Legal Opinion
McNeil Nutritionals, LLC v. Heartland Sweeteners, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 24, 2007No. 07-2644PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide when the trade dress on the packaging of store-brand products is so similar to that of directly competing national-brand products as to create a likelihood of confusion among consumers. The plaintiff-appellant McNeil Nutritionals, LLC (McNeil) sells and markets Splenda, a highly successful national brand of sucralose, an artificial sweetener. The defendants-appellees Heartland Sweeteners LLC and Heartland Packaging Corp. (collectively, Heartland) package and distribute sucralose as store brands to a number of retail…
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