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PLASTICOLOR MOLDED PRODUCTS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. CV 85-3863-AK (Tx).

713 F.Supp. 1329 (1989)

PLASTICOLOR MOLDED PRODUCTS, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Counterclaimant.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Jackson, Jackson & Jones, Tustin, Cal., Manuel S. Klausner, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counterdefendant.

Charles R. Mandley, Jr., Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., Mark S. Lee, Lawler, Felix & Hall, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-counterclaimant.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.*

The use of trademarks to identify the source of products is as old as the modern market economy. While the use of marks to signify ownership of goods dates back thousands of years,1 the trademark as we know it today most likely originated with the medieval guilds of Europe, who often required members to identify their products "to facilitate the tracing of `false...

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