Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Mitchell v. Ingram

429 U.S. 861

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1976-10-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • explaining that trademark law embodies consumers’ expectations of consistent quality “whether that quality is high, low or mediocre”
  • where expert produced no proof that previously studied jobs were similar to the one at issue, the court was "unwilling to presume that all maintenance crafts require the same job skills"
  • exterior design of hopper bottomed grain semi-trailer constituted product's protected trade dress
  • the same for a wine decanter
  • educational barriers to skilled labor jobs
  • photographs of plain tiffs trailer

Citator

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Sup. Ct. Tenn. Certiorari denied.