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Bruce Munro, et al. v. Lucy Activewear Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 16-4483 · judgment August 9, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 22, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Does copyright preclude Lanham Act product design trade dress claims for physical products, and if so, under what circumstance(s)?

For petitioner
Carl Frederick Schwenker
Law Offices of Carl F. Schwenker

For respondent
Lora Mitchell Friedemann
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jan 22 2019
Petition DENIED.
Jan 02 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
Dec 18 2018
Respondents Rule 29.6 Corporate Disclosure Statement received.
Dec 13 2018
Brief of respondents Lucy Activewear Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Nov 07 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 13, 2018)