Legal Opinion
Zip Dee, Inc. v. Dometic Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 19, 1995No. 93 C 3200PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
Zip Dee, Inc. (“Zip Dee”) has sued The Dometic Corporation (“Dometic”) in a dual effort (1) to prevent Dometic from continuing to manufacture recreational vehicle awnings similar to Zip Dee’s own and (2) to recover damages for asserted past violations of Zip Dee’s rights. As the owner and holder of both a patent and a registered trademark, Zip Dee advances claims under both patent law (35 U.S.C. §§ 281, 284, 285) and trademark law (15 U.S.C. §§ 1052 et seq.).
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