Packaging differences defended. This case involved trade dress and trademark infringement claims brought against a Reising client. The plaintiff complained that our client was unfairly trading on the plaintiff's good will in its national brand, and specifically that our client adopted packaging that was too similar to the plaintiff's packaging.
We successfully defended our client against the plaintiff's effort to get a preliminary injunction,
which would have forced our client to immediately stop selling the accused packages. 69 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1032 (E.D. Mich. 2003). We then counseled our client to make a minor packaging change, which assisted in settling the case.
For more information, please e-mail Mr. Rick Hoffmann at hoffmann@reising.com, or call him at (248) 689-3500.