Earlier today, in a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit reversed a $1,225,000.00 jury award in a trade-dress case involving a relatively obscure and expensive industrial product: grease pumps used in automated lubrication systems (“ALS”) for commercial trucks.  See Groeneveld Transport Efficiency, Inc. v. Lubecore International, Inc., Case Nos. 12-3545/3576 (6th Cir.) (PDF).  The competing products … Continue Reading