Blau Plumbing, Inc. v. S.O.S. Fix-It, Inc., D/B/A A-Aaaabaab's Root Rodders

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1986-01-14

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. The parties to this trademark suit are competing providers of sewer and drain cleaning services to consumers in Milwaukee. Blau, the plaintiff, alleges that S.O.S., the defendant, infringed Blau’s “trade dress” in a “location box” which appears in the plaintiff’s advertisement in the Yellow Pages, thereby violating section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, <span cl…

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