Midwest Indus., Inc. v. Karavan Trailers, Inc.

 
APPEAL NO.
98-1435
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Trademark
AUTHOR
Bryson

Question(s) Presented

“[W]hether the district court’s summary judgment on the nonpatent counts of Midwest’s complaint is inconsistent with the applicable principles of law as we see them.”

Holding

“[W]e hold that the district court erred in ruling, on summary judgment, that patent law principles foreclose Midwest’s Lanham Act and state law claims.”