Legal Opinion
Marketing Displays, Inc. v. Traffix Devices, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1999No. Nos. 97-1148, 97-2096 and 97-2097PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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BOGOS, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal concerns three related but distinct disputes between the parties. Marketing Devices, Inc. (owner of the WindMaster trademark) claims that TrafFix Displays, Inc. (owner of the Wind-Buster trademark) has infringed its trademark, infringed its trade dress, and violated federal unfair competition laws in the process. TrafFix denies these charges, and counterclaims that MDI, by aggressively pursuing sham litigation to extend its patent, has violated § 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which prohibits attempts to monopolize. MDI’s unfair…
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