(February 17, 2022, 10:06 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly found a competitor’s color-coding system for its dental mixing tips to be functional trade dress and not protectable under the Lanham Act, a respondent says in its Feb. 7 brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny certiorari over a question regarding the degree of utility needed to determine functionality....