Trade Dress, Trademark Protection Of Light Installations Debated In 8th Circuit

(April 13, 2017, 12:19 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An artist known for light installations and a one-time potential client have filed briefs in the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, debating whether a trial court properly dismissed the artist’s trade dress and trademark claims over a purported lookalike, and similarly-named, display as preempted by copyright law (Bruce Munro, et al. v. Lucy Activewear Inc., et al., No. 16-4483, 8th Cir.)....