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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 2, 2024 3:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] looking for a trade dress case citation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Looking for any case(s) (TTAB, District Court or Appellate
Court) that held, in a trade dress case either that:<br>
1) an element that replicates a conventional functional element of an item is<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><i>per se</i><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>deemed functional and/or cannot be source-identifying;<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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2) an element that only merely replicates a<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>conventional functional element of an item istherefore not functional and/or can<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>be source-identifying.<br>
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For example, consider a computer PC keyboard that is itself functional EXCEPT that what would be the F1 through F12 keys at the top are actually permanent, molded, non-working, non-moveable replicas. Can those fake F1 through F12 keys serve as the non-functional
source-identifying trade dress aspect or is that precluded because they are a mere replica of functional items that look like, and are placed, where one would expect the functional items to be (and, hence, can't be source identifying)?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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