functionality
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-417 | Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Company, et al. | Second Circuit | 2021-09-16 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) | circuit-split functionality intellectual-property lanham-act legal-interpretation product-features product-functionality trademark-protection utility | Whether any degree of utility categorically renders a product feature functional and thus ineligible for federal trademark protection under the Lanham… |
| 20-1817 | Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha, et al. v. Lotte International America Corp., et al. | Third Circuit | 2021-06-29 | Denied | Amici (4)Relisted (3) | alternative-designs circuit-split design-protection functionality lanham-act product-configuration summary-judgment trade-dress utility-patent | Whether trade dress is 'functional' if it is 'essential to the use or purpose of the article' or 'affects the cost or quality of the article,' as this… |
| 19-462 | A Top New Casting Incorporated v. Bodum USA, Incorporated | Seventh Circuit | 2019-10-08 | Denied | apple-v-samsung circuit-split cost-advantage design-simplicity functionality manufacturing-cost manufacturing-costs manufacturing-process materials product-design trade-dress | Whether the Seventh Circuit departed from TrafFix in its trade dress functionality analysis |