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CONVERSE, INC. v. INTERN, TRADE COM'N

2016-2497.

907 F.3d 1361 (2018)

CONVERSE, INC., Appellant v. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellee Skechers U.S.A., Inc., New Balance Athletics, Inc., fka New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., HU Liquidation, LLC, fka Highline United LLC, Intervenors

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: October 30, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHRISTOPHER J. RENK , Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by AARON PATRICK BOWLING , MICHAEL JOSEPH HARRIS , AUDRA CAROL EIDEM HEINZE ; DALE M. CENDALI , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; JOHN C. O'QUINN , Washington, DC.

CLINT A. GERDINE , Office of the General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by DOMINIC L. BIANCHI , WAYNE W. HERRINGTON .

MORGAN CHU , Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued for intervenor Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Also represented by GRACE CHEN , SAMUEL KAI LU , JANE SHAY WALD ; BARBARA A. MURPHY , Foster, Murphy, Altman & Nickel, PC, Washington, DC.

MARK S. PUZELLA , Fish & Richardson, PC, Boston, MA, argued for intervenors New Balance Athletics, Inc., HU Liquidation, LLC. Intervenor New Balance Athletics, Inc. also represented by SHERYL GARKO , RICHARD DAVID HOSP , ROBERT M. O'CONNELL, JR. ; ELIZABETH EILLEENE BRENCKMAN, New York, NY; THOMAS S. FUSCO , RICHARD ALEX STERBA , Washington, DC. Intervenor HU Liquidation, LLC also represented by JEFF E. SCHWARTZ , AUSTEN CONRAD ENDERSBY , Fox Rothschild, LLP, Washington, DC.

GREGORY DOLIN , University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, for amici curiae Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Gregory Dolin , Christopher Frerking , Hugh Hansen , Jay P. Kesan , Irina D. Manta , Kristen J. Osenga , Eric Priest , Ted M. Sichelman.

JAMES J. AQUILINA, II , Design IP, PC, Allentown, PA, for amicus curiae Industrial Designers Society of America, Inc.

ADAM MOSSOFF , Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, for amicus curiae Adam Mossoff.

MARK SCHULTZ , Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, for amicus curiae Mark Schultz.

CYNTHIA S. ARATO , Shapiro Arato LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae Fashion Law Institute, Christian Louboutin SAS , Tiffany and Company. Also represented by MARY CATHERINE BRENNAN , Fashion Law Institute, New York, NY.

DAVID HAL BERNSTEIN , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae All Market Inc., Case-Mate, Inc., General Mills, Inc., Herman Miller, Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Mark Anthony International SRL, Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC, Princeton Vanguard, LLC, Snyder's-Lance, Inc.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK.

Converse, Inc., appeals from a final determination of the International Trade Commission ("ITC") that held invalid Converse's trademark in the midsole design of its Chuck Taylor All Star shoes, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,398,753 ("the '753 trademark"). Because it found the registered mark invalid and that Converse could...

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