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

781 F.2d 604, 228 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 519, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 21843
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
DecidedJanuary 14, 1986
Docket85-2475
StatusPublished
Cited by161 cases

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Blau Plumbing, Inc. v. S.O.S. Fix-It, Inc., D/B/A A-Aaaabaab's Root Rodders, 781 F.2d 604, 228 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 519, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 21843 (7th Cir. 1986).

Opinion

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, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). A pendent claim charges violation of Wisconsin’s false-advertising law. The district judge, finding no merit in either claim, granted S.O.S.’s motion for summary judgment, and Blau has appealed.

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