Certiorari Denied In Dispute Over Trade Dress Functionality Analysis

Mealey's (March 21, 2022, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Efforts by a trade dress owner to overturn a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that any degree of usefulness in a product’s trade dress renders it functional and, as such, unprotectable were unsuccessful when the U.S. Supreme Court on March 21 denied a petition for certiorari in the case....