Mitchell v. Ingram

Parentheticals

• explaining that trademark law embodies consumers’ expectations of consistent quality “whether that quality is high, low or mediocre”

  Societe Des Produits Nestle, S.A. v. Casa Helvetia, Inc.

• where expert produced no proof that previously studied jobs were similar to the one at issue, the court was “unwilling to presume that all maintenance crafts require the same job skills”

  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATLAS PAPER BOX COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee

• where expert produced no proof that previously studied jobs were similar to the one at issue, the court was "unwilling to presume that all maintenance crafts require the same job skills"

  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATLAS PAPER BOX COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee

• exterior design of hopper bottomed grain semi-trailer constituted product's protected trade dress

  Contour Chair Lounge Co. v. True-Fit Chair, Inc.

• the same for a wine decanter

  Tone Brothers, Inc. v. Sysco Corporation, Defendant/cross-Appellant

• educational barriers to skilled labor jobs

  Thompson v. Mississippi State Personnel Board

• photographs of plain tiffs trailer

  Merchant & Evans, Inc. v. Roosevelt Building Products Co.