IMPORTED AUTO PARTS v. R. B. SHALLER & SONS

Nos. 46941, 47258.

258 N.W.2d 797 (1977)

IMPORTED AUTO PARTS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. R. B. SHALLER & SONS, INC., d. b. a. Rossi Imported Auto Parts et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schroeder, Siegfried, Ryan & Vidas, and Kenneth D. Siegfried, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Lindquist & Vennum and Melvin I. Orenstein and Nadine Strossen, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from the entry of summary judgment1 in district court, dismissing its claims of unfair competition and infringement of service mark. We affirm.

Both parties to this action sell parts for foreign-made automobiles. Plaintiff, Imported Auto Parts Corporation, is a Minnesota corporation that was founded in 1958. Since 1961, plaintiff has used "Imported Auto...

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