We have previously reviewed Sixth Circuit decisions to uncover trends in class actions, as well as in employment and Daubert cases. For this post, we generally reviewed the Sixth Circuit’s intellectual property cases from the last two years. We found that most of the cases before the court were copyright and trademark cases, with just … Continue Reading
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