Party Game Maker Appeals Trade Dress Ruling To The 9th Circuit

Mealey's (June 18, 2021, 10:21 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A manufacturer of a popular “Four-in-a-Row” outside party game filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 9, arguing that a trial court judge did not properly apply the standard for determining whether a product’s trade dress has achieved secondary meaning when he dismissed its trade dress infringement and unfair competition claims against the maker of an identical game....