WOODSMITH PUB. CO. v. MEREDITH CORP.

No. 89-2286.

904 F.2d 1244 (1990)

WOODSMITH PUBLISHING CO., Appellant, v. MEREDITH CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Serangeli, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Jon O. Nelson, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a trade dress infringement claim under section 43(a) of the Lanham Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1946). Both parties published nationally competing bimonthly magazines for the woodworking hobbyist and used advertising mailers to solicit subscriptions. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court1 erred in granting defendant's motion for summary judgment upon plaintiff's failure to...

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