GENERAL MOTORS v. KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES

No. 05-1712.

453 F.3d 351 (2006)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC., and Tong Yang Industry Company, Limited, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ernie L. Brooks, Brooks Kushman, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant. Thomas N. Young, Young & Basile, P.C., Troy, Michigan, Robert M. Kalec, Dean & Fulkerson, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ernie L. Brooks, Robert C.J. Tuttle, Frank A. Angileri, Marc Lorelli, Brooks Kushman, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant. Thomas N. Young, Thomas E. Bejin, Young & Basile, P.C., Troy, Michigan, Robert M. Kalec, Dean & Fulkerson, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: KEITH, MERRITT, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff General Motors Corporation ("GM") sued defendants Tong Yang Industry Company, Limited ("Tong Yang"), a Taiwanese manufacturer of automobile replacement grilles bearing two GM trademarks, and Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc. ("Keystone"), a distributor of Tong Yang's grilles, for trademark infringement and unfair competition. On the issue of likelihood of confusion — the sole issue on appeal — the...

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