FURY IMPORTS, INC. v. SHAKESPEARE CO.

No. 78-2962.

625 F.2d 585 (1980)

FURY IMPORTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Britton, Frank J. Sinagra, Miami, Fla., Max Wildman, Chicago, Ill., Howard & Howard, James H. Geary, Kalamazoo, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Corlett, Merritt, Killian & Mascaro, E. S. Corlett, III, Kenneth L. Ryskamp, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges, and POINTER, District Judge.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before us for the second time. See Fury Imports, Inc. v. Shakespeare Co., 544 F.2d 1376 (5th Cir. 1977). We need not again recite the facts there set forth at length, but we give a summary sufficient to clarify the issues now before us.

Wiliam Ciaccia designed a fishing reel called the "Spinmaster" and formed a corporation, Fury Imports, to market it. Fury contracted with a Japanese manufacturer, Omori...

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