BELK, INC. v. MEYER CORP., U.S.

No. 10-1664.

679 F.3d 146 (2012)

BELK, INCORPORATED; Belk International, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEYER CORPORATION, U.S.; Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 8, 2012.

As Amended May 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: W. Thad Adams, III , Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellants. Dean A. Dickie , Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Rodrick J. Enns , Enns & Archer, LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellants. Andrew S. Chamberlin , Alex J. Hagan , Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DAVIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge KEENAN joined.


OPINION

DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

In May and June 2010, Appellee Meyer Corporation, U.S., ("Meyer")1 and Appellants Belk, Incorporated, and Belk International, Incorporated (collectively, "Belk"), clashed in a nine-day trial with eighteen witnesses who educated the jury at length about the design, creation, marketing and profitability of high-end cookware. At the conclusion of trial, the district court entered judgment in accordance...

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