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BODUM USA, INC. v. LA CAFETIERE, INC.

No. 09-1892.

621 F.3d 624 (2010)

BODUM USA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LA CAFETIERE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Bennett (argued), Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas G. Pasternak (argued), Steptoe & Johnson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

From the mid-1950s through 1991, Société des Anciens Etablissements Martin S.A. ("Martin") distributed a successful French-press coffee maker known as the Chambord. A French-press coffee maker (called a cafetière à piston in France) is a carafe in which hot water is mixed with coffee grounds. When the brewing is complete, a mesh screen attached to a rod drives the grounds to the bottom of the carafe. Clear coffee then...

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