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WD-40’s Descriptive Fair Use Defense Affirmed by the Seventh Circuit

By Jonathan Uffelman on August 4, 2015
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On June 11, 2015, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment ruling that WD-40 Company’s use of the term “inhibitor” on its Long-Term Corrosion Inhibitor product was a descriptive fair use of the term, and therefore did not infringe a rust-prevention company’s trademark.

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    Intellectual Property
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    Incontestable Blog
  • Organization:
    Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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