Legal Opinion
Alternative Pioneering Systems, Inc. v. Direct Innovative Products, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided June 3, 1993No. Civ. 4-92-278PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DOTY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on plaintiff Alternative Pioneering Systems, Inc.’s (“APS”) motion for a preliminary injunction on its false advertising and patent infringement claims. Based on a review of the file, record and proceedings herein, the court denies APS’s motion for an injunction on both its false advertising and patent infringement claims.
BACKGROUND
APS sells a countertop oven under the trademark “Jet Stream Oven.” One of the ways that APS markets its oven is through the use of a thirty-minute copyrighted infomercial. 1 The APS infomercial features…
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