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LEXMARK INTERN. v. STATIC CONTROL

No. 12-873.

134 S.Ct. 1377 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 392

LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Petitioner v. STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Loy , Lexington, KY, for Petitioner.

Jameson R. Jones , Denver, CO, for Respondent.

Steven B. Loy , Counsel of Record, Anthony J. Phelps , Christopher L. Thacker , Monica H. Braun , Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington, KY, Robert J. Patton , D. Brent Lambert , Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY, Timothy C. Meece , Matthew P. Becker , Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

M. Miller Baker , Stefan M. Meisner , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, William L. London III , Static Control Components, Inc., Sanford, NC, Seth D. Greenstein , Counsel of Record, Constantine Cannon LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph C. Smith, Jr. , Jameson R. Jones , Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP, Denver, CO, for Respondent.

Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to decide whether respondent, Static Control Components, Inc., may sue petitioner, Lexmark International, Inc., for false advertising under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a).

I. Background

Lexmark manufactures and sells laser printers. It also sells toner cartridges for those printers (toner being the powdery ink that laser printers use to create images on paper). Lexmark...

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