INTERNATIONAL JENSEN, INC. v. METROSOUND U.S.A., INC.

No. 92-55490.

4 F.3d 819 (1993)

INTERNATIONAL JENSEN, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROSOUND U.S.A., INC., dba L.A. Sound, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Pszanka-Layng (Robert E. Browne with her on the brief), Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Patricia S. Smart, Smart & Bostjancich, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before: WOOD, Jr., REINHARDT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge:

A manufacturer seeks a preliminary injunction barring a rival company from producing similar looking audio speakers. The district court denied the preliminary injunction and, for the reasons stated below, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

International Jensen, Inc., the Appellant, manufactures car and truck loudspeakers. The speakers are covered by a detachable metallic grille; Jensen's name appears in a rectangular...

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