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SECALT S.A. v. WUXI SHENXI CONST. MACHINERY CO.

Nos. 10-17007, 11-15066.

668 F.3d 677 (2012)

SECALT S.A.; Tractel, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WUXI SHENXI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY, LTD., Defendant-Appellee. Secalt S.A.; Tractel, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wuxi Shenxi Construction Machinery Company, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott S. Christie (argued), McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

James C. Martin , Charles H. Dougherty, Jr. , Donna M. Doblick (argued), Clay P. Hughes , Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Carina M. Tan , Reed Smith LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Ivy Y. Mei , the Law Offices of Ivy Y. Mei, Mountain View, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

Although "[p]rotection of trade dress, no less than of trademarks, serves the [Lanham] Act's purpose," Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 505 U.S. 763, 774, 112 S.Ct. 2753, 120 L.Ed.2d 615 (1992), that protection does not extend to designs that are functional. We consider here whether a traction hoist manufactured by Secalt, S.A., and Tractel, Inc. (collectively "Tractel") qualifies...

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