Utilitarian Chicken Feeder Trade Dress Not Protected: 4th Circ.

By Dave Simpson (March 27, 2020, 10:41 PM EDT) -- While livestock equipment manufacturer Hog Slat Inc. does not dispute that it copied CTB Inc.'s chicken feeder, CTB can't assert trade dress claims against its rival because its own expired patent acknowledged that the design is dictated by the feeder's utilitarian aims, the Fourth Circuit affirmed Friday....

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